Electrical Safety Act.
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Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
With the aim of preventing and reducing hazards of electrical origin and electromagnetic disturbances to persons, property and the environment, this Act provides requirements for: (a) electrical equipment and installations, for the placing on the market, putting into service and the use thereof, and for the procedure for the conformity assessment and attestation thereof; (b) owners of electrical installations, notified bodies, electrical contractors, technical inspection bodies, bodies operating certification of persons, persons organizing the operation of electrical installations and managers of electrical work; (c) the registration of undertakings, and for state supervision. Electrical equipment shall be planned, designed, manufactured and reconstructed, and tested, repaired and maintained such that, if installed in conformity with the requirements and used for its intended purposes and in the prescribed manner, the equipment does not present a danger to persons, domestic animals, property or the environment and does not cause any intolerable electromagnetic disturbances and has immunity to electromagnetic disturbances.
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Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 20 July 2007.
Repealed
Yes
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Repeals
Repealed by