Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In this
regulation —
electrical accident means an accident —
(a) that
results from a sudden discharge of electricity or that otherwise has, or is
likely to have, an electrical origin; and
(b) that
causes, or is likely to cause, danger to life, a shock or injury to a person
or loss of or damage to property;
employee includes a person engaged under a
contract for services;
employer includes a person who engages another
person under a contract for services.
(2) Subject to
subregulations (4), (5) and (6), immediately after a person becomes aware
that an electrical accident has taken place, the person is to report the
accident —
(a) to
the relevant network operator; or
(b) if
the person is unable to identify the relevant network operator — to
the Director.
(3) Subject to
subregulation (7), immediately after a network operator becomes aware
that an electrical accident has taken place (by being given a report under
subregulation (2) or otherwise), the network operator is to report the
accident to the Director.
(4) Immediately after
an employee becomes aware that an electrical accident has taken place at the
employee’s workplace, he or she is to report the accident to the
employer concerned and the employer is then to comply with
subregulation (2).
(5) It is a defence to
a charge under subregulation (2) (as read with regulation 65(1)) for
the person charged to prove that, at the relevant time, the person believed on
reasonable grounds that the accident had already been reported to the relevant
network operator or to the Director (as the case requires) by another person.
(6) It is a defence to
a charge under subregulation (4) (as read with regulation 65(1)) for
the person charged to prove that, at the relevant time, the person believed on
reasonable grounds that the accident had already been reported to the employer
concerned by another person.
(7) A network operator
is not required to report to the Director that an electrical accident has
taken place if —
(a) the
electrical accident is a notifiable incident of which the Director is required
to be given a notification under the Electricity (Supply Standards and System
Safety) Regulations 2001 regulation 35(1)(a); and
(b) the
network operator has given the required notification to the Director.
(8) Nothing in this
regulation requires the Director to report that an electrical accident has
taken place.
[Regulation 63 inserted in Gazette
31 Dec 2007 p. 6532‑3.]