Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019

For the purposes of section 45 of the Act, prescribed electrical installation work means work on all or part of any of the following electrical installations if they are ordinarily operated at low voltage or a voltage exceeding low voltage—

consumer's mains, main earthing systems, consumer's terminals, connection devices for consumer's mains, any supports for overhead service lines (including any poles), overcurrent protective devices installed at the origin of a private aerial line and those parts of main switchboards that are related to the control of electrical installations or the protection against the spread of fire;

if a main switchboard or a replacement main switchboard is connected for the first time, any circuit protective devices, switchgear, controlgear, circuit breakers and wiring systems of that main switchboard that are in place at the time that the items set out in paragraph (a) are inspected;

submains, earthing systems and any distribution boards related to the control of individual occupiers' portions of a multiple occupancy;

if a distribution board related to the control of an individual occupier's portion of a multiple occupancy, or a replacement distribution board related to the control of an individual occupier's portion of a multiple occupancy, is connected for the first time, any circuit protective devices, switchgear, controlgear, circuit breakers and wiring systems of that distribution board that are in place at the time the items set out in paragraph (c) are inspected;

high voltage installations, except high voltage electrical equipment that is—

associated with an electric discharge lighting system; or

associated with X-ray equipment; or

associated with high frequency equipment; or

within self-contained equipment supplied at low voltage;

electricity generation systems including any wiring systems, switchgear, controlgear or accessories installed to provide control or protection to those generation systems (excluding stand-alone power systems with a power rating that is less than 500 volt-amperes);

electric fences used for security purposes but not including electric fences intended primarily for the containment of animals;

electrical equipment installed in a hazardous area and electrical equipment associated with the protection of a hazardous area but not installed within the hazardous area;

circuit protective devices, switchgear, controlgear, wiring systems and accessories (other than fire detection and alarm systems) installed to provide control or protection to—

fire pumps (excluding pumps for fire hose reels where those hose reels are not the sole means of fire protection); or

air handling systems intended to exhaust or control the spread of smoke or fire; or

the electricity supply for emergency lifts;

an alternative design solution installed in an electrical installation.

For the purposes of section 45 of the Act, prescribed electrical installation work means work on all or part of any electrical installation operated at any voltage in a patient area (other than communication equipment operated at extra low voltage).

For the purposes of section 45 of the Act, prescribed electrical installation work means electrical installation work on all or part of any battery system including work on associated wiring systems, switchgear, controlgear and accessories.

For the purposes of section 45 of the Act, prescribed electrical installation work does not include—

the repair or maintenance of a single component part of an electrical installation; or

the replacement of a single component part of an electrical installation by an equivalent component part at the same location; or

the installation or connection of a consumer billing meter.

A single component referred to in subregulation (4) includes any terminating device required to connect that single part of an electrical installation to the electricity supply.