Regulations

Test and Tag
Under Chapter 4, Part 4.7 of the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011, (WHS Reg.), a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) at a workplace must ensure that electrical equipment is regularly inspected and tested by a competent person if the electrical equipment is:
  • supplied with electricity through an electrical socket outlet, and
  • used in an environment in which the normal use of electrical equipment exposes the equipment to operating conditions that are likely to result in damage to the equipment or a reduction in its expected life span, including conditions that involve exposure to moisture, heat, vibration, mechanical damage, corrosive chemicals or dust (referred to as a hostile operating environment, See clause 150(1) of the WHS Reg. 
WHS ​Regulation 150
A record of testing must be kept until the electrical equipment is next tested, permanently removed from the workplace or
disposed of. A record of testing must specify the following:
• the name of the person who carried out the testing
• the date of the testing
• the outcome of the testing
• the date on which the next testing must be carried out
The record may be in the form of a tag attached to the electrical equipment tested.
RCD Testing
RCD Testing Part 4.7 Division 6s.165(1) of the workplace health and safety Regulation 2011 - Penalties for not testing RCD's

New South Wales

1.  An employer must ensure that residual current devices used at the employer’s place of work are tested regularly by a competent person to ensure that the devices are operating effectively.

2.  An employer must as soon as practicable replace a residual current device that is not operating effectively.

3.  An employer must keep a record of each testing of a residual current device until the next testing is carried out.

4.  This clause does not affect any requirement under Division 8 of this Part.       

Division 6 Residual Current Devices
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165 Testing of Residual Current Devices

1. A person with management or control of a workplace must take all reasonable steps to ensure that residual current devices used at the workplace are tested regularly by a competent person to ensure that the devices are operating effectively.

                       Maximum Penalty
                       (a) in the case of an individual or
                       (b) in the case of a body corporate 

2. The person must keep a record of all testing of a residual current device (other than any testing conducted daily) until the earlier of the following occurs:

                        (a) the device is next tested,
                        (b) the device is permanently removed from use.

                        Maximum Penalty
                        (a) in the case of an individual or
                        (b) in the case of a body corporate 
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