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Electricity Act 1992

Disciplinary provisions - Exercise of disciplinary powers

147P: Suspension, restriction, or disqualification may take effect immediately

You could also call this:

“The electricity board can stop or change someone's work right away to keep people safe”

The Board can make certain orders about someone’s ability to work in the electricity industry. These orders can start right away, on the same day the Board makes them. This means the person affected by the order might have to stop working or change how they work immediately.

If the order starts on the same day it’s made, you don’t have to worry about getting in trouble for anything you did earlier that day before the order was made. You won’t be punished or face any discipline for those actions.

These rules are part of how the Board manages people who work with electricity to keep everyone safe.

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Part 11 Disciplinary provisions
Exercise of disciplinary powers

147PSuspension, restriction, or disqualification may take effect immediately

  1. The Board may order that an order under section 147I or 147M(1)(b) to (d) take effect on the day of the making of the order.

  2. If an order under section 147I or 147M(1)(b) to (d) takes effect on the day of the making of the order, that fact does not make the person concerned liable to prosecution or disciplinary proceedings for any act done or omitted during any part of that day before the order was made.

Notes
  • Section 147P: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).