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Electricity Act 1992

Registration and licensing of electrical workers and employer licences - Employer licences

123: Powers of inspection

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“The Board can check workplaces to make sure electrical work is safe and follows the rules”

If you hold an employer licence, the Board can inspect your workplace. They can enter any place you use for work, except your home, at a reasonable time. They must have a good reason for the inspection.

The Board can ask you to show them any documents they need to see. They can make copies of these documents. They can also ask you for any information they need. You must give them what they ask for within the time they set.

If you don’t follow these rules, the Board can take action against you under section 120.

The person doing the inspection must tell you before they come, unless that would stop them from doing their job properly. When they arrive, and if you ask later, they must show you proof of who they are and why they are allowed to be there.

The Board does these inspections to make sure you’re following the rules of your licence. They also check that the electrical work your employees do is safe, done well, and follows the law.

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Part 10 Registration and licensing of electrical workers and employer licences
Employer licences

123Powers of inspection

  1. Every employer licence is subject to a condition that—

  2. any person authorised by the Board for the purpose may, for an authorised purpose, at any reasonable time, inspect any premises (not being a dwellinghouse) occupied by the employer licence holder, and for that purpose may enter and re-enter any place:
    1. the Board may, for an authorised purpose,—
      1. require the employer licence holder to produce for inspection, within any reasonable period that the Board may specify, any document or class of document in the possession or under the control of the employer licence holder, and may take copies of, or extracts from, any of those documents:
        1. require the employer licence holder to provide, within any reasonable period that the Board may specify, any information or class of information that the Board may require.

        2. If the employer licence holder breaches a condition expressed in subsection (1), the Board may act under section 120.

        3. A person must give to the employer licence holder reasonable notice of that person's intention to enter any premises under subsection (1)(a), unless the giving of the notice would defeat the purpose of the entry.

        4. Every person must, on entering any premises under subsection (1)(a), and when requested at any subsequent time, produce—

        5. evidence of that person's authority to enter the premises; and
          1. evidence of that person's identity.

            1. The following are authorised purposes for the purposes of this section:

            2. the purpose of ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of the employer licence:
              1. the purpose of ensuring that the prescribed electrical work done by employees of the employer licence holder—
                1. is at all times carried out safely and competently; and
                  1. complies with the requirements of this Act and any regulations.

                  Notes
                  • Section 123: substituted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).
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