Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY (LICENSING) REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 52C

52C .         Electrical contractor’s duties as to electrical installing work

        (1)         An electrical contractor who carries out electrical installing work, or causes electrical installing work to be carried out, must ensure that —

            (a)         any electrician employed or engaged by the electrical contractor to carry out any of the electrical installing work —

                  (i)         has had appropriate training; and

                  (ii)         holds a current licence; and

                  (iii)         is competent to carry out the work;

                and

            (b)         when the electrical installing work is completed —

                  (i)         it is checked and tested; and

                  (ii)         the electrical installation is safe to use;

                and

            (c)         the electrical installing work is completed to a trade finish.

        (2)         This regulation does not limit the application of regulation 49B to an electrician who is employed or engaged by an electrical contractor to carry out electrical installing work.

        [Regulation 52C inserted in Gazette 31 Dec 2007 p. 6528‑9; amended in Gazette 13 Apr 2012 p. 1653‑4.]