Electrical Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2013


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Electrical Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2013

1Short title

This notice may be cited as the Electrical Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2013.

2Commencement

This notice commences on 1 January 2014.

3Dictionary

The dictionary in schedule 3 defines particular words used in this notice.

4Notice of making of code of practice—Act, s 44(2)

(1)An entry in schedule 1 naming a code of practice is notice for section 44(2) of the Act that the code of practice has been made by the Minister.

Editor’s notes—

1Codes of practice are available for inspection, without charge, during normal business hours at each department office dealing with electrical safety. See section 44(6) of the Act.
2The codes of practice are also available on the department’s website.
(2)However, for the codes of practice named in schedule 1, items 2 to 4, notice for section 44(2) of the Act of the making of the codes of practice was given under the repealed notice and the codes of practice continue in force under this notice.
(3)The commencement date mentioned in schedule 1, column 3 for each code of practice mentioned in column 2 of the schedule is included for information purposes only.

Note—

Under section 44(5) of the Act, a code of practice made under that section expires 10 years after its commencement date.
(4)In this section—
repealed notice means the repealed Electrical Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2002.

s 4 amd 2019 SL No. 47 s 4

5Notice of making of instrument amending code of practice—Act, s 44(2)

(1)This section applies if an entry in schedule 1 for a code of practice states the code of practice has been amended by a ministerial instrument stated in the entry.
(2)The entry is notice for section 44(2) of the Act that the ministerial instrument amending the code of practice has been made.

6Notice of making of instrument repealing codes of practice—Act, s 44(2)

(1)Subsection (2) applies if an entry in schedule 2 for a code of practice states the code of practice has been repealed by a ministerial instrument stated in the entry.
(2)The entry is notice for section 44(2) of the Act that the ministerial instrument repealing the code of practice has been made.
(3)The commencement date and repeal date mentioned in schedule 2, columns 3 and 4 for each code of practice mentioned in column 2 of the schedule are included for information purposes only.

7Repeal of Electrical Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2002

The Electrical Safety (Codes of Practice) Notice 2002, SL No. 262 is repealed.

Schedule 1 Codes of practice

sections 4 and 5

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Code of practice

Column 3

Commencement date

1

Construction and Operation of Solar Farms Code of Practice 2019

•  approved as a code of practice by MI 2019 No. 1
•  amended by MI 2019 No. 2 on 30 September 2019

13 May 2019

2

Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2010—Electrical Equipment Rural Industry

•  amended by MI 2013 No. 1 on 1 January 2014

1 January 2010

3

Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2010—Working Near Overhead and Underground Electric Lines

•  amended by MI 2013 No. 1 on 1 January 2014

Note—

This code of practice was previously the Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2010—Working Near Exposed Live Parts.

1 January 2010

4

Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2010—Works

•  amended by MI 2013 No. 1 on 1 January 2014

1 January 2010

5

Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2013—Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace

1 January 2014

sch 1 amd 2019 SL No. 47 s 5; 2019 SL No. 192 s 4

Schedule 2 Repealed codes of practice

section 6

Column 1

Item

Column 2

Code of practice

Column 3

Commencement date

Column 4

Repeal date

1

Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2010—Electrical Work

•  repealed by MI 2013 No. 2

1 January 2010

1 January 2014

2

Electrical Safety Code of Practice 2010—Risk Management

•  repealed by MI 2013 No. 2

1 January 2010

1 January 2014

Schedule 3 Dictionary

section 3

MI 2013 No. 1 means the ministerial instrument called ‘Electrical Safety Amendment of Codes of Practice Notice 2013’.
MI 2013 No. 2 means the ministerial instrument called ‘Electrical Safety Repeal of Codes of Practice Notice 2013’.
MI 2019 No. 1 means the ministerial instrument called ‘Work Health and Safety and Electrical Safety Approval of Codes of Practice (No. 1) 2019’.

sch 3 def MI 2019 No. 1 ins 2019 SL No. 47 s 6

MI 2019 No. 2 means the ministerial instrument called ‘Work Health and Safety and Electrical Safety Variation of Code of Practice (No. 1) 2019’.

sch 3 def MI 2019 No. 2 ins 2019 SL No. 192 s 5

ministerial instrument means an instrument made by the Minister amending or repealing a code of practice under the Act.