By interstate agreement and legislation, an electrical safety certificate issued by the appropriate regulatory authority in any State or Territory is recognised by all other States or Territories.
Articles approved by a regulatory authority must be identified with a valid Electrical Safety Certificate Number issued by a State or Territory authority. An electrical safety certificate number typically consists of a letter to indicate the State of approval, followed by a number.
State |
Electrical safety regulatory authority |
Example marking |
ACT |
ACT Planning & Land Authority |
NSW |
Department of Fair Trading |
NSW13816 |
NT |
NT Worksafe |
QLD |
Electrical Safety Office, Department of Justice |
Q96249 |
SA |
Office of the Technical Regulator |
S12345 |
Tas |
Workplace Standards Tasmania |
Vic |
Energysafe Victoria |
V90263 |
WA |
Department of Commerce |
W2015 |
Alternate electrical safety compliance marks
Instead of an electrical safety certificate number, an article can be marked with one of the following compliance marks issued by Standards Australia:
Electrical Safety Type Test mark
Electrical Safety Type Test mark
N5071 Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) and number