AR 209/2006 ELECTRICAL CODE REGULATION (Consolidated up to 126/2015)
ALBERTA REGULATION 209/2006
Safety Codes Act
ELECTRICAL CODE REGULATION
Table of Contents
                1      Definitions
                2      Electrical systems equipment
                3      Codes declared in force                 4      Repeal
                5      Coming into force
Definitions
1(1)  In this Regulation,
                               (a)    “Act” means the Safety Codes Act;
                              (b)    “certification body” means an organization accredited by the Standards Council of Canada as a certification body;
                               (c)    “inspection body” means an organization accredited by the Standards Council of Canada as an inspection body.
(2)  The definitions in the Act and a code declared in force by this Regulation apply to the words used in this Regulation.
Electrical systems equipment
2(1)  If a code, standard or body of rules declared in force under the Act with respect to electrical systems requires approved equipment, that equipment must meet the requirements of this section.
(2)  No person shall manufacture, install, sell or offer for sale any equipment related to electrical systems for use in Alberta unless the equipment has been
                               (a)    certified by a certification body in accordance with the certification body’s terms of accreditation with the Standards Council of Canada, or
                              (b)    inspected by an inspection body in accordance with the inspection body’s terms of accreditation with the Standards Council of Canada.
(3)  Subsection (2) does not apply to electrical equipment of an electric distribution system or a transmission line as defined in the Hydro and Electric Energy Act.
Codes declared in force
3   The following codes are declared in force in respect of electrical systems:
                               (a)    the Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1 (Twenty‑third edition), being Canadian Standards Association standard C22.1‑15, as amended from time to time;
                              (b)    the Code for Electrical Installations at Oil and Gas Facilities, 5th Edition, 2015, published by the Safety Codes Council, as amended from time to time;
                               (c)    the Alberta Electrical Utility Code, 4th Edition, 2013, published by the Safety Codes Council, as amended from time to time.
AR 209/2006 s3;14/2008;178/2009;176/2013;126/2015
Repeal
4   The Electrical Code Regulation (AR 145/2002) is repealed.
Coming into force
5   This Regulation comes into force on September 1, 2006.
Schedule  Repealed AR 126/2015 s3.