Electrical accidents to be reported
63 Electrical accidents to be reported
In this regulation —
electrical accident means an accident —
that results from a sudden discharge of electricity or that otherwise has, or is likely to have, an electrical origin; and
that causes, or is likely to cause, danger to life, a shock or injury to a person or loss of or damage to property;
employee includes a person engaged under a contract for services;
employer includes a person who engages another person under a contract for services.
Subject to subregulations (4), (5) and (6), immediately after a person becomes aware that an electrical accident has taken place, the person is to report the accident —
to the relevant network operator; or
if the person is unable to identify the relevant network operator — to the Director.
Subject to subregulation (7), immediately after a network operator becomes aware that an electrical accident has taken place (by being given a report under subregulation (2) or otherwise), the network operator is to report the accident to the Director.
Immediately after an employee becomes aware that an electrical accident has taken place at the employee’s workplace, he or she is to report the accident to the employer concerned and the employer is then to comply with subregulation (2).
It is a defence to a charge under subregulation (2) (as read with regulation 65(1)) for the person charged to prove that, at the relevant time, the person believed on reasonable grounds that the accident had already been reported to the relevant network operator or to the Director (as the case requires) by another person.
It is a defence to a charge under subregulation (4) (as read with regulation 65(1)) for the person charged to prove that, at the relevant time, the person believed on reasonable grounds that the accident had already been reported to the employer concerned by another person.
A network operator is not required to report to the Director that an electrical accident has taken place if —
the electrical accident is an incident of which the Director is required to be given a notification under the Electricity (Network Safety) Regulations 2015 regulation 23(1); and
the network operator has given the required notification to the Director.
Nothing in this regulation requires the Director to report that an electrical accident has taken place.
[Regulation 63 inserted: Gazette 31 Dec 2007 p. 6532‑3; amended: Gazette 5 Aug 2015 p. 3184.]
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