Lighting Council of Australia

MEDIA RELEASE

Electrical safety regulations a mess says peak body.

New regulations slated to start in coming weeks are inconsistently applied, leading to confusion in industry and higher costs for consumers, the peak body for the lighting industry warns.

Lighting Council Australia, which represents 100 of Australia’s leading lighting suppliers, says that despite years of discussion between state governments, insufficient progress has been made on aligning rules between states.

“We have eight jurisdictions and four different approaches to dealing with precisely the same issue”, explains Technical Manager David Crossley.

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