Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.59

3.59 .         Electrical installations at workplaces

                A person who, at a workplace, is an employer, the main contractor, a self‑employed person or a person having control of the workplace must ensure that —

            (a)         all electrical installations at the workplace are designed, constructed, installed, protected, maintained and tested so as to minimise the risk of electrical shock or fire; and

            (b)         each connection on a flexible cord that is installed or renewed at the workplace after 1 October 1996 is of either the moulded one part non‑rewireable or transparent type.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 3.59 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]