Important update: Changes to Electricity Safety Regulations
17 October 2025
The Government has recently made amendments to the following regulations:
- Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010
You do not have to comply with amendments to the regulations until 12 November 2026.
You may choose to use the amended regulations from 13 November 2025.
What this means for you
Until the amendments take effect, all industry participants should continue to operate as usual:
- Importers of electrical equipment – continue importing and selling equipment as you currently do.
- Retailers of electrical equipment – continue selling products as usual.
- Electrical workers – continue wiring and inspecting as normal.
What’s next?
- WorkSafe will provide further information about the changes in due course.
- We expect the amendments will be incorporated into consolidated regulations in the future.
View the amendments
Access the new amendments:
Electricity (Safety) Amendment Regulations 2025(external link)
The Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010 promote the health and safety of members of the public, and promote the prevention of damage to property, around the supply and use of electricity in New Zealand.
These Regulations do the following:
- Gather together and state the generic rules and requirements about electrical safety, and what is deemed to be electrically safe and electrically unsafe
- Deal with the design, construction and use of works, installations, fittings, and appliances
- Deal with the importation and sale of fittings and appliances
- Provide for installations to be designed and installed under AS/NZS 3000; Define requirements relating to safety management systems
- Set out in schedules all the standards applicable to the regulations, with a focus on the adoption of international Standards
- Provide for offences including infringement offences
The Regulations came into force on the 1st of April 2010 revoking the Electricity Regulations 1997.
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