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Safety requirements

All electrical equipment is defined in a category of either ‘prescribed electrical equipment’ or ‘non-prescribed electrical equipment’. For whichever category the equipment falls into there are requirements to be met to ensure the electrical safety of the equipment before it can be sold.

Prescribed classes of electrical equipment can be found in Schedule 3 of the Electrical Safety Regulation 2002 (PDF, 1 MB).

Prescribed electrical equipment must go through a pre-market audit process to obtain a certificate of approval before being sold or offered for sale.

Non-prescribed electrical equipment must meet the safety criteria of AS/NZS 3820 Essential safety requirements for low voltage electrical equipment (non-Queensland Government link) before being sold or offered for sale.

Last updated January 27, 2006