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Electricity Act 1992

General - Functions and powers of WorkSafe and Secretary

16A: Transfer of accident information

You could also call this:

“Sharing information about electricity accidents”

You need to know about a rule called ‘Transfer of accident information’. This rule is about sharing information when accidents happen with electricity.

A ‘specified matter’ is something that the government has listed in an official notice. If WorkSafe (a government agency) hears about an accident that involves a specified matter, they must tell the Secretary (another government official) about it.

If you have to report an accident that involves a specified matter, you can choose to tell either WorkSafe or the Secretary. It’s okay to tell the Secretary directly instead of WorkSafe if you want to.

This rule helps make sure that the right people know about accidents related to electricity, especially when they involve special matters that the government is interested in.

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Part 2 General
Functions and powers of WorkSafe and Secretary

16ATransfer of accident information

  1. In this section, specified matter means a matter that is specified in a Gazette notice under section 5A(2).

  2. If WorkSafe is notified of an accident under section 16 and the accident relates to a specified matter, WorkSafe must provide the notice and any particulars that WorkSafe has received to the Secretary.

  3. If an accident relates to a specified matter, a person required to provide notification of any accident under section 16 may notify the Secretary in accordance with that section instead of WorkSafe.

Notes
  • Section 16A: replaced, on , by section 22 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (2013 No 94).