Electrical Safety Regulation 2013

A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure that specified electrical equipment of the person at the workplace is not used to perform work unless—

it is inspected and tested by a competent person—

if the equipment is used only for office work—at least once every 5 years; or

otherwise—at least once every year; or

it is connected to a type 1 safety switch or a type 2 safety switch.

If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1)(a), a competent person decides the equipment is safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that shows the prescribed details for the equipment.

If after inspecting and testing the electrical equipment under subsection (1)(a), a competent person decides the equipment is not safe to use, the person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure—

the competent person immediately attaches a durable tag to the equipment that warns people not to use the equipment; and

the equipment is immediately withdrawn from use.

The person conducting the business or undertaking must ensure that, for the purposes of the business or undertaking, a tag is not attached to specified electrical equipment under subsection (2) unless—

the equipment is new; or

both of the following apply—

the equipment has been inspected and tested by a competent person;

the tag was attached by the competent person.