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AS/NZS 3760 Standard:

AS/NZS-3760, In-service Safety Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment is a joint Australia and New Zealand Standard. This standard specifies in-service safety inspection and testing protocols and criteria that ensure electrical leads and equipment are safe for use and that the inspections satisfy the OSH obligations of employers and employees.

Key components of the standard include:

• Testing frequency based on environment and risk
• Testing completed by competent persons 

Tests include:

• Visual inspection of leads for damage
• Protective earth continuity tests for class 1 equipment
• Insulation testing (by measuring insulation resistance or leakage current)
• Polarity testing in lead sets and cords
• Tags on leads indicating date tested, re test date and tester details

Required documentation includes:

• Register of all equipment
• Register of formal inspection and tests
• Repair register
• Record of faulty equipment showing details or services or corrective actions

Health & Safety in Employment (HSE) Act 1992:

Employers to ensure safety of employees:

Every employer shall take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees while at work; and in particular shall take all practicable steps to:
(a) Provide and maintain for employees a safe working environment
(b) Ensure that plant used by any employee at work is so arranged, designed, made and maintained that it is safe for the employee to use
(c) Ensure that while at work employees are not exposed to hazards arising out of the arrangement, disposal, manipulation, organisation, processing, storage, transport, working, or use of things.

New Zealand Electricity Regulations 1997:

Electrical safety
(1) Works, electrical installations, fittings, electrical appliances, and associated equipment must be designed, constructed, maintained, installed, and used so that they are electrically safe.

Fittings and electrical appliances
(3) A fitting or electrical appliance (other than a medical/electrical fitting or appliance) that is in service complies with regulation 69(1) if it has been tested, inspected, and tagged in accordance with AS/NZS 3760.

On top of the HSE Act and Regulations and the Electricity Act and Regulations:

Guidelines for the provision of facilities and general safety and health in Commercial and Industrial Premises (to meet the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Regulations 1995):

Portable electric equipment:
Where any portable electric power-driven equipment is provided, the employer should ensure that all such equipment:

• Conforms to the requirements of the Electricity Act 1992 and Regulations unless the supply authority otherwise approves

Guidelines for the provision of facilities and general safety and health in the Construction Industry (to meet the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Regulations 1995):

Inspection of Equipment:
All electrical tools and equipment should be inspected prior to their first use and thereafter at least at 3-monthly intervals

Inspection and testing to AS/NZS 3760 will ensure appropriate tests and inspections are carried out and that records are kept for use in future if required.

Ministry of Education Property Handbook:

On top of the HSE Act & Regulations and the Electricity Act and Regulations, the MoE school property management handbook section 7.7 states:

“Boards have a responsibility to ensure that electrical equipment is installed, maintained and used safely as required by the Integrated Electricity Regulations 1997/2004”

And

“AS/NZS 3760:2003 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment describes a minimum standard regime for testing electrical equipment”

And

“Following the regime provides Boards with a defence in the event of an accident involving electrical equipment”