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students is a matter for individual schools and is not held centrally. Suspension records include a classification for drugs but this is a broader category than illicit substances and not all drug incidents would result in a suspension.
(2)
a) Records of reports involving the use/possession of illicit substances by students are held by individual schools not collected centrally. Suspension records provided to the Directorate contain a category for “drug use” however this is not exclusive to illicit substances.
b) During the period of 1 December 2014 to 31 May 2017 the Employee Relations section received one allegation related to illicit substance use. The allegation was unable to be substantiated.
Government buildings—electrical switchboards
(Question No 286)
Mr Wall asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 12 May 2017 (redirected to the Minister for Regulatory Services):
Can the Minister provide, for switchboards located on properties owned by the ACT Government (a) what inspections Worksafe ACT has done on switchboards on ACT Government owned properties, (b) how often are the conditions of switchboards checked, (c) how many inspections on switchboards have been carried out and (d) how many switchboards have failed inspections and where are each of these switchboards located.
Mr Ramsay: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
a) During the period 1 July 2012 to 4 April 2017, WorkSafe ACT undertook the following inspections on switchboards on ACT Government owned properties.
• 7 September 2012: Improvement Notice No. 5826 issued directing The Canberra Hospital (TCH) to implement a safe system of work to deal with potentially unsafe electrical installations (switchboards) at the TCH as identified in the Electrical Safety Audit Report dated April 2012, in particular Recommendation No. 1 to undertake immediate repair work – these works were identified as critical.
• November 2012: various inspections carried out at the TCH relating to the upgrading of identified switchboards requiring residual current devices to comply with section 164 of the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011.
• August 2015: various inspections of switchboards at 1 Moore Street Civic regarding missing circuit.
b) For those buildings under the management of Territory Venues and ACT Property Group, a program of thermal imaging of all switchboards is carried out. All major load centres are checked annually.
The nature of the testing is invasive, in that an ACT Property Group’s licensed electrician removes the escutcheon panels to reveal the electrical chassis and associated switchgear (circuit breakers). The electrician will identify any issues with the equipment and any minor problems are rectified during the inspection. A report is
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