AS / NZS 3000 Electrical Installations (known as the Electrical Wiring Rules) - Australian Capital Territory

Description

You must comply with this standard if you are an electrician and you undertake electrical installations or electrical wiring work.

This standard sets out requirements for the design, construction and verification of electrical installations, including the selection and installation of electrical equipment forming part of such electrical installations.These requirements are intended to protect persons, livestock, and property from electric shock, fire and physical injury hazards that may arise from an electrical installation that is used with reasonable care and with due regard to the intended purpose of the electrical installation.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Act(s) name

Electricity Safety Act 1971 Australian Capital Territory

Regulation(s) name

Electricity Safety Regulation 2004 Australian Capital Territory

Administering agency

Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate

Planning