Electricity Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Electrical and Supply Installations, Cable Detection Work and Electrical Workers
47. Licensing of electrical worker
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to subsection (2), no person shall -
carry out or caused to be carried out any electrical work, unless he holds a valid electrical worker licence;
advertise or otherwise holds himself out as an electrical worker, or as a licensed electrical worker, or as a person competent or qualified by any written law to perform or carry out electrical work, unless he holds a valid electrical worker licence; or
engage knowingly any person who is not a licensed electrical worker to carry out any electrical work.
The Authority may -
issue an electrical worker licence permitting a person to carry out such electrical work as is specified in the licence and suspend, cancel, alter, extend, renew or replace any such licence;
classify any electrical worker licence in such manner as it may determine;
specify the nature of the electrical work in respect of which an electrical worker licence is issued and restrict such work to any type or class of electrical work or any type or class of electrical installation;
specify the circumstances or manner in which licensed electrical workers may carry out electrical work; or
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attach any exemption to or impose any condition on any electrical worker licence.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.
Notwithstanding any provision in this section, but subject to any other written law, it shall not be unlawful for -
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a person to replace any lamp that is connected in his own electrical installation;
a person to replace any fuse in his own electrical installation similar to that of a household;
an officer or employee of the Authority to carry out personally any electrical work in the course of his employment or in the discharge of his duties as such officer or employee;
the Authority to do any act or thing on or in connection with its own electrical installation;
a person, other than an electrical worker, whose trade or occupation normally includes the performance of work on any appliance, plant or machinery driven, or operated by, or incorporating any electrical installation, to carry out that work in the normal course of his trade or occupation or for purposes incidental thereto, so long as he does not carry out work on any part or circuit which is, or may be, connected to a source of electricity supply; and 03 a trained person to carry out any work in accordance with the written instructions of the licensed electrical worker in charge of the
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relevant electrical installation.
In subsection (4)(13, a "trained person" means any employee who is -
recognised by his employer and the licensed electrical worker in charge of the relevant electrical installation to have the necessary knowledge and experience to avoid danger; and
capable of carrying out the work specified in the written instructions of the licensed electrical worker.
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Terms defined in s 2
electrical installation
Defined · s 2"electrical installation" means any appliance, wire. fitting or other apparatus placed in, on, over or under any premises and used for or for purposes incidental to the conveyance, control or use of electricity supplied or intended to be supplied by an electricity licensee or any other person, and includes a supply installation and any addition, alteration, and repair to an electrical installation, but does not include - (a) any electric line, supply line or electrical plant of an electricity licensee; (b) any appliance, wire, fitting or apparatus connected to and beyond any electrical outlet which is installed for…
electrical work
Defined · s 2"electrical work" means any work performed or carried out on any electrical installation and includes the installing, constructing, erecting or repairing thereof or the altering of the structure thereof or the replacing of any part thereof or the adding of any part thereto or the carrying out of any work thereon for the maintenance thereof, but does not include work in relation to - (a) the manufacturing of any electrical installation or the assembling thereof in the course of or in connection with its manufacture for the purpose of producing a new article; or (b) the cleaning or painting of any electrical installation;
electrical worker
Defined · s 2"electrical worker" means any person whose trade or occupation requires or includes the personal performance by him of electrical work or a person who is otherwise competent or qualified to perform personally electrical work;
electrical worker licence
Defined · s 2"electrical worker licence" means a licence granted by the Authority under section 47;
electricity
Defined · s 2"electricity" means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal;
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