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Electricity Act 1992

Administration - Electrical Workers Registration Board

149: Functions of Board

You could also call this:

“The Board's job is to keep electrical work safe and fair in New Zealand”

The Electrical Workers Registration Board has many important jobs to do. You need to know about these jobs because they affect how electrical work is done in New Zealand.

The Board decides what types of electrical workers there are and what work they can do. They set the rules for becoming an electrical worker and getting a licence to work. They also make sure the work is done safely.

If you have qualifications from another country, the Board can decide if they count in New Zealand. They look at applications from people who want to be electrical workers and give out licences to those who qualify.

Sometimes, the Board can say that some people don’t need to follow all the rules about registration and licences. They also renew licences when they expire.

The Board keeps an eye on electrical workers to make sure they’re still good at their job and working safely. If someone complains about an electrical worker, the Board can look into it and decide what to do.

If there’s an accident involving electricity, the Board might look at reports about it and decide what to do. They can also take people to court if they break the rules about electrical work.

The Board does lots of other things too, like anything else the law says they should do or anything they think will help make sure the electrical rules work well.

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Part 13 Administration
Electrical Workers Registration Board

149Functions of Board

  1. The functions of the Board are—

  2. to designate classes of registration for the purposes of Part 10:
    1. to specify for each of those classes the prescribed electrical work that a person is authorised to do, or assist in doing, by virtue of being a registered person of a particular class and holding a current practising licence:
      1. to prescribe the minimum standards for registration for each of those classes that persons must meet in order to be registered as registered persons and to be issued with practising licences:
        1. to prescribe the terms and conditions subject to which persons are registered and licences are issued:
          1. to prescribe standards or requirements relating to competent and safe work practices and the testing of those practices:
            1. to recognise appropriate overseas qualifications, certificates, registration, or licences for the purposes of registering persons and issuing licences under Part 10:
              1. to consider applications for registration and licences under Part 10, and to register persons and issue licences in proper cases:
                1. to establish criteria for granting, and to grant, exemptions from registration and licensing requirements to persons and classes of persons:
                  1. to renew licences for subsequent terms in proper cases:
                    1. to issue limited certificates under Part 9 in proper cases:
                      1. to promote, monitor, and review the ongoing competency and safe work practices of registered persons and licence holders:
                        1. to hear complaints about, and to discipline, persons to whom Part 11 applies:
                          1. to institute prosecutions against persons for the breach of this Act or any regulation relating to prescribed electrical work:
                            1. to consider any reports that are referred to the Board in respect of accidents to which section 16 applies, and to take any action in relation to those reports that the Board thinks fit:
                              1. to exercise and perform any other functions, duties, and powers as are conferred or imposed on the Board by or under this Act or by or under any other enactment:
                                1. to do any other things as may, in the Board's opinion, be necessary for the effective administration of this Act:
                                  1. to carry out any functions that are incidental and related to, or consequential on, its functions stated in this section.

                                    Notes
                                    • Section 149: substituted, on , by section 14 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).
                                    • Section 149(n): amended, on , by section 22 of the WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013 (2013 No 94).
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