Kitchen upgrade. Electrical installation and isolation switches

I'm in South Australia in case it makes a difference to rules! Installing a new flat pack kitchen soon with Gas cook-top (bottled gas) and electric under bench oven. I have seen and been told, conflicting things regarding the legal requirements for an isolation switch. If I have a Gas cook-top, do I still have to have an isolation switch installed for the Electric oven??
Thanks in anticipation, Lesley N.

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Lesley Newcombe

Hi Lesley,

Thanks for your question. We asked Gary Busbridge from Clipsal by Schneider Electric. Please see his answer below.

A Stove Isolator is not required for the oven. It is for electric cooktops, see excerpt from AS/NZS 3000 below
4.7 COOKING APPLIANCES
4.7.1 Switching device
A circuit for a fixed or stationary cooking appliance having an open cooking surface incorporating electric heating, e.g. a cooktop, deep fat fryer, barbecue griddle or similar, shall be provided with a switch, operating in all active conductors, mounted near the appliance in a visible and readily accessible position.

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