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Electricity Act 1992

Restrictions on electrical work

74: Restrictions on doing or assisting with prescribed electrical work

You could also call this:

“Rules about who can do special electrical work or help with it”

You are not allowed to do any prescribed electrical work or help with it unless you are allowed to do so under this section. There are three types of people who can do or help with prescribed electrical work within certain limits:

  1. Registered people with a current practising licence
  2. People with a provisional licence
  3. People with an employer licence

You won’t be breaking this rule if you do the work according to sections 75 to 80. If a company is responsible for prescribed electrical work, they won’t be breaking this rule if the actual people doing the work are allowed to do it under this Act.

There are some exceptions to these rules in sections 75 to 81. When we talk about regulations in this part and Part 10 of the Act, we mean the rules made under section 169.

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Part 9 Restrictions on electrical work

74Restrictions on doing or assisting with prescribed electrical work

  1. A person must not do any prescribed electrical work, or assist in doing any prescribed electrical work, unless that person is authorised to do so under this section.

  2. The following persons may do prescribed electrical work, or assist in doing prescribed electrical work, within the limits prescribed in regulations (if any):

  3. a registered person who is authorised to do, or assist in doing, the work under a current practising licence:
    1. a person who is authorised to do, or assist in doing, the work under a provisional licence:
      1. a person who is authorised to do, or assist in doing, the work under an employer licence.

        1. A person does not do any prescribed electrical work, or assist in doing any prescribed electrical work, in breach of this section if that work is done in accordance with any of sections 75 to 80.

        2. A body corporate that is responsible for any prescribed electrical work does not do any prescribed electrical work, or assist in doing any prescribed electrical work, in breach of this section if the natural person or natural persons who actually do, or assist in doing, that work are authorised to do so under this Act.

        3. Subsection (1) is subject to subsections (3) and (4) and sections 75 to 81.

        4. For the purposes of this Part and Part 10, regulations means regulations made under section 169.

        Notes
        • Section 74: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).