3(1)All electrical installations and lightning protection systems and all electrical work performed in the Province shall conform to the standards prescribed by regulation.

3(2)No person shall perform electrical work except in accordance with this Act and the regulations.

3.2(1)Any wiring permit or special wiring permit issued before the commencement of this section by the New Brunswick Power Corporation shall be deemed to have been validly issued and is confirmed and ratified.

3.2(2)No action, application or any other proceeding to question or in which is questioned the validity of a permit referred to in subsection (1) or the authority of the New Brunswick Power Corporation to issue the permit, lies or shall be instituted against any of the following persons, if the New Brunswick Power Corporation acted in good faith in issuing the permit:  

4(1)The Minister may appoint a Chief Electrical Inspector and one or more inspectors for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and the regulations.

4(2)In the appointment of an inspector under this section other than the Chief Electrical Inspector, the Minister may authorize the inspector to exercise the powers and perform the duties under the provisions of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Act, the Elevators and Lifts Act and the Plumbing Installation and Inspection Act, or any regulation under those Acts, that the Minister may specify in the appointment.

4(3)A document signed by the Minister, or bearing a signature purporting to be that of the Minister, pertaining to an appointment under this section may be adduced in evidence without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the Minister, and when so adduced is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the matters stated in the document.

5(1)In accordance with the regulations, an inspector may enter, at all reasonable times, any lands, buildings or premises in the Province

5(2)A certificate signed or purporting to be signed by the Chief Electrical Inspector certifying that a document attached to it is a copy of the standards prescribed under this Act, or an extract from the standards, is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the standards or extract without proof of the appointment, authority or signature of the Chief Electrical Inspector.

5(3)If an inspector is of the opinion that an electrical installation or lightning protection system does not conform to the standards prescribed under this Act or that the electrical work is not being performed or has not been performed in accordance with this Act or the regulations, the inspector may order the person to whom the order is directed

5(4)An order given by an inspector under subsection (3) takes effect in accordance with the terms specified in it and continues in force until, in the opinion of the inspector, the order has been complied with.

5(5)A person named in an order given by an inspector under subsection (3) may appeal the order by application to the Chief Electrical Inspector, who may uphold, vary, revoke or suspend the order appealed from.

6(1)When an accident or fire occurs in connection with an electrical installation or a lightning protection system that results in the death of, or bodily injury to, a person or an animal, or damage to property, an owner or user of the electrical installation or lightning protection system, as the case may be, shall give notice of the accident or fire to the Chief Electrical Inspector within 24 hours after the accident or fire and no person shall interfere with, disturb, destroy, carry away or alter any electrical installation, lightning protection system, wreckage, article or thing at the scene of or connected with the accident or fire until permission to do so is given by an inspector, except if it is necessary to the safety of any person or animal or to prevent further hazard.

6(2)On receipt of a notice under subsection (1), the Chief Electrical Inspector shall immediately cause such investigation to be made as the Chief Electrical Inspector considers necessary to determine the cause of the accident or fire.

7(1)A person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of the regulations commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category B offence.

7(2)A person commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category E offence if the person

7(3)A person who violates or fails to comply with subsection 3(2) or 6(1) commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category F offence.

7(4)When an offence under subsection (1) continues for more than one day,

9(1)If a person is affected by any finding, order, decision or resolve of the Chief Electrical Inspector, the person may appeal by petition from it to a judge of The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick sitting in the judicial district in which the premises affected are situated.

9(2)The person appealing shall file the petition with the clerk of the Court and shall, within five days after the filing, or within such extended time as the judge allows, file with the clerk a bond in an amount to be fixed by the judge, in no case to be less than $50, with at least two sufficient sureties approved by the judge, conditioned to pay all of the costs on the appeal in case the person fails to sustain the appeal, and such costs as are awarded against the person, or shall deposit with the clerk an amount to be fixed by the judge, in no case to be less than $50, as the judge considers sufficient to cover the costs of the appeal.

9(3)An order made by a judge under this section may be enforced in the same manner as an order of The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick.