Electrical Safety Act 2022

• Jurisdiction: Northern Territory
• Year: 2022
• Type of Document: Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

ELECTRICAL SAFETY ACT 2022

As in force at 15 April 2026

Table of provisions

Part 1 Preliminary matters

Division 1 Preliminary

1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1

2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1

Division 2 Interpretation

3 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1

4 Meaning of electrical risk, safe from electrical risk and

electrical safety ................................................................................ 6

5 Meaning of serious electrical event and dangerous electrical

event ................................................................................................ 7

6 Meaning of electrical equipment ...................................................... 8

7 Meaning of electrical installation ...................................................... 9

8 Meaning of electric line .................................................................. 10

9 Meaning of electrical work ............................................................. 10

10 Types of electrical work ................................................................. 13

11 Meaning of officer .......................................................................... 13

12 Meaning of in control ..................................................................... 14

13 Person conducting a business or undertaking ............................... 15

14 Meaning of reasonably practicable in ensuring electrical safety .... 16

15 Meaning of worker ......................................................................... 16

Division 3 Purposes and application of Act

16 Purposes ....................................................................................... 17

17 Act binds Crown ............................................................................ 18

18 Application of Criminal Code ......................................................... 18

Part 2 Electrical safety duties

Division 1 Preliminary matters

19 Duties not transferable .................................................................. 18

20 Person with multiple duties ............................................................ 18

21 Multiple persons with same duty .................................................... 19

22 Duty of officers ............................................................................... 19

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Division 2 Electrical safety duties

23 Primary safety duty ........................................................................ 20

24 Safety duty of electricity entity ....................................................... 20

25 Safety duty of designers ................................................................ 21

26 Safety duty of manufacturers ......................................................... 21

27 Safety duty of importers ................................................................. 21

28 Safety duty of suppliers ................................................................. 22

29 Safety duty of installers ................................................................. 22

30 Safety duty of repairers ................................................................. 22

31 Safety duty of owner or operator of installation .............................. 23

32 Safety duty of person in control of electrical equipment ................ 23

33 Safety duty of worker ..................................................................... 23

34 Duty to ensure workers are licensed ............................................. 24

35 Safety duty of other individuals ...................................................... 24

36 Safety duty of person conducting recognised external

certification scheme ....................................................................... 24

Division 3 Duties in relation to events

37 Duty to report events ..................................................................... 24

38 Duty to preserve site of event ........................................................ 25

Division 4 Work related to electricity network

39 Notice of proposed work related to electricity network ................... 26

40 Requirements for work related to electricity network ..................... 27

Division 5 Certificate of compliance

41 Certificate of compliance ............................................................... 27

42 Exemption from certificate of compliance requirements ................ 29

Division 6 Offences and penalties

43 Reckless conduct – category 1 ...................................................... 30

44 Failure to comply with electrical safety duty – category 2 .............. 31

45 Failure to comply with electrical safety duty – category 3 .............. 31

46 Exemption for volunteer ................................................................. 32

47 Offences in relation to events ........................................................ 32

48 Offences in relation to certificates .................................................. 33

Part 3 Licences

Division 1 Requirements for licences

49 Types of licences ........................................................................... 34

50 Electrical work licence ................................................................... 34

51 Electrical contractor licence ........................................................... 35

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52 In-house electrical licence ............................................................. 36

53 Register of engaged workers ......................................................... 36

54 Information from engaged electrical worker ................................... 37

Division 2 Application process

55 Application for licence .................................................................... 37

56 Application to renew licence .......................................................... 38

57 Further information to support application ..................................... 38

58 Issuing and renewing licences ....................................................... 39

Division 3 Other licence matters

59 Conditions and restrictions ............................................................ 39

60 Compliance with conditions and restrictions .................................. 40

61 Licence fees .................................................................................. 40

Division 4 Apprentices, trainees and interstate licences

62 Registration of apprentices ............................................................ 40

63 Trainee permits .............................................................................. 41

64 Recognition of interstate licences .................................................. 41

Division 5 Offences

65 Electrical worker offences .............................................................. 42

66 Electrical contractor offences ......................................................... 42

67 In-house contractor offence ........................................................... 43

68 Offences related to register of engaged workers ........................... 44

Part 4 Safety of electrical equipment and supply

Division 1 Safety of consumer electrical equipment

69 Consumer electrical equipment ..................................................... 44

70 Approved consumer electrical equipment ...................................... 45

71 Selling or supplying unapproved consumer electrical

equipment ...................................................................................... 45

72 Marked consumer electrical equipment ......................................... 46

73 Selling or supplying unmarked consumer electrical equipment ..... 46

74 Selling falsely marked consumer electrical equipment .................. 47

75 Falsely marking consumer electrical equipment ............................ 47

76 Used consumer electrical equipment ............................................. 48

Division 2 Safety management and mitigation plans

77 Requirement for safety management and mitigation plan ............. 49

78 Approval of safety management and mitigation plan ..................... 50

79 Implementation of safety management and mitigation plan ........... 51