Electrical Trades: Legislation, Standards and Codes

Electrical Codes of Practice (ECPs) are issued by WorkSafe under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1992. Their purpose includes the setting of standards and requirements for those involved in working with electricity and any electrical installations or appliances. These standards and requirements include training and qualifications, design and construction, operation and supply, and safety around people and property.

Looks at the Building Act, Fair Trading Act and Consumer Guarantees act.

A useful overview on building contracts, insurance, managing a project and consumer protection from the BCITO.

If you or the people you advise are contracting — or thinking about it — these tips, tools, templates and case studies can help.

The Code sets out the duties and responsibilities that apply to industry participants and the Authority.

Includes the "Supervision procedures for trainees"

From the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) website.

The purposes of the Electricity Act are to:
Provide for the regulation, supply, and use of electricity in New Zealand;
To protect the safety of the public in connection to electricity;
To promote the prevention of damage to property in connection with electricity;
To provide for the regulation of fittings and electrical appliances that may be, exported pursuant to an international trade instrument;
To provide for the regulation of electrical workers in New Zealand.

These regulations do the following:
Gather together and state the rules about electrical safety, and what is deemed to be electrically safe and electrically unsafe;
Deal with the design, construction and use of works, installations, fittings, and appliances;
Deal with the importation and sale of fittings and appliances;
Provide for installations to be designed and installed under AS/NZS 3000;
Define requirements relating to safety management systems;
Set out in schedules all the standards applicable to the regulations, with a focus on the adoption of international Standards;
Provide for offences including infringement offences.

Guide from the BCITO about why the Act needed to change and what the purpose of the Act is.

Outlines what this legislation means for employees and employers.

This organization is part of WorkSafe but focuses on gas and electricity safety. It contains legislation, regulations, compliance guides, requirements for gas appliances and fittings and more.