Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Energy Efficiency) Regulations 2009
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 .
16 February 2009PETER G. UNDERWOOD
Governor
By His Excellency's Command,
LISA M. SINGH
Minister for Workplace Relations
These regulations may be cited as the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration (Energy Efficiency) Regulations 2009 .
These regulations take effect on 25 February 2009.
3. Energy efficiency standards
(1) For the purposes of section 58 of the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 –(a) the relevant classes of electrical articles are the classes of electrical equipment in respect of which standards of energy efficiency and performance are specified in regulation 6 of the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 of Victoria, as in force from time to time; and(b) the relevant minimum standard of energy efficiency for an electrical article of a class referred to in paragraph (a) is the standard of energy efficiency and performance specified in respect of that class in those regulations.(2) A relevant class fixed under subregulation (1)(a) is limited to electrical articles that are not second-hand goods within the meaning of the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1994 .
4. Articles to be labelled with energy efficiency standards
(1) For the purposes of section 59 of the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 –(a) the relevant classes of electrical articles are the classes of electrical equipment specified in Schedule 3 to the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 of Victoria, as in force from time to time; and(b) a form is an approved form for the marking or labelling of an electrical article referred to in paragraph (a) if the form meets the requirements specified in respect of that class in regulation 16 of those regulations.(2) A relevant class fixed under subregulation (1)(a) is limited to electrical articles that are not second-hand goods within the meaning of the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1994 .
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 25 February 2009
These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the regulation)
These regulations –(a) prescribe minimum standards of energy efficiency and performance for certain electrical articles; and(b) provide for the marking and labelling of certain electrical articles to indicate energy efficiency; and(c) are made consequentially on the repeal of the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Regulations 1999 under section 11 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1992 .