Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011

A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that electrical work on energised electrical equipment is carried out—

by a competent person who has tools, testing equipment and personal protective equipment that—

are suitable for the work; and

have been properly tested; and

are maintained in good working order; and

in accordance with a safe work method statement prepared for the work; and

subject to subsection (5), with a safety observer present who has the competence and qualifications stated in subsection (4).

The person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the person who carries out the electrical work uses the tools, testing equipment and personal protective equipment properly.

For the purposes of subsection (1) (b), the safe work method statement must—

identify the electrical work; and

state hazards associated with that electrical work and risks associated with those hazards; and

describe the measures to be implemented to control the risks; and

describe how the risk control measures are to be implemented, monitored and reviewed.

For the purposes of subsection (1) (c)—

the safety observer must be competent—

to implement control measures in an emergency; and

to rescue and resuscitate the worker who is carrying out the work, if necessary; and

the safety observer must have been assessed in the previous 12 months as competent to rescue and resuscitate a person.

A safety observer is not required if—

the work consists only of testing; and

the person conducting the business or undertaking has conducted a risk assessment under section 158 (1) (a) (Preliminary steps) that shows that there is no serious risk associated with the proposed work.