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Electricity Act 1992

Miscellaneous provisions - General electricity matters - Electricity safety instruments

169D: Legal effect of electricity safety instruments

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“Electricity safety guides become official rules when mentioned in regulations”

Electricity safety instruments are special documents that explain how to use electricity safely. These documents only have legal power when other rules, called regulations, mention them. This means that the safety instructions in these documents become official rules that you need to follow.

The regulations can talk about specific safety documents, even if those documents change over time. They can also mention safety documents that haven’t been created yet, but might be made in the future to help explain the regulations.

This way, the government can make sure that the most up-to-date safety information is always part of the official rules, even if the specific safety documents change or new ones are created.

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Part 14 Miscellaneous provisions
General electricity matters: Electricity safety instruments

169DLegal effect of electricity safety instruments

  1. An electricity safety instrument has legal effect only to the extent that any regulations made under this Act refer to it.

  2. For the purposes of subsection (1), regulations may refer to—

  3. a particular electricity safety instrument as amended or replaced from time to time; or
    1. any electricity safety instrument that may be made for the purposes of regulations (even if the instrument is not or has not been made at the time the regulations are made).

      Notes
      • Section 169D: replaced, on , by section 7 of the Regulatory Systems (Immigration and Workforce) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 10).