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Electricity Act 1992

Miscellaneous provisions - General electricity matters - Offences

163A: Offence to fail to comply with condition of employer licence

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“You must follow the rules of your electrical work licence or face a fine”

If you have an employer licence for electrical work, you must follow all the rules that come with it. If you don’t follow these rules, you are breaking the law. This is called an offence. If you are found guilty of this offence, you will have to pay a fine. If you are an individual person, you might have to pay up to $50,000. If you are a company, you might have to pay up to $250,000.

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Part 14 Miscellaneous provisions
General electricity matters: Offences

163AOffence to fail to comply with condition of employer licence

  1. Every person who, being the holder of an employer licence, fails to comply with any condition of that licence commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 in the case of an individual, or $250,000 in the case of a body corporate.

Notes
  • Section 163A: inserted, on , by section 22 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).
  • Section 163A: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).