I have done that with a spare and actually decided to fit it in the middle of the hall after about 5 years as the LEDs had less spread than the old incandescent ones and the middle was too dim.
The spare that sat unused to fill a hole in a bedroom ceiling is way brighter than the ones that had 5 years on them. Will replace the lot when I get around to it. Good thing they're so cheap now vs the massive amount years back
Most LEDs will have a plug on them, that you have to keep in place for warranty to be maintained. So you will need to put sockets on the wires to plug the lamp into.
Hm, seem to recall, you aren't actually legally allowed to create your own power outlets. Pretty sure that is classed as something only a licenced electrician can do.
Feel free to prove me wrong, but this was discussed on GZ a couple of years ago as I recall.
AFAIK (discussed elsewhere on here) Australia conventions dictate that fixtures have a fixed socket to allow easy change by the owner. Obviously not the case here so you can just chop the plug off and wire as per usual.
I agree you shouldn’t be installing sockets on a lighting circuit.
Several smart LEDs I’ve purchased from Kogan have some with plugs on - and they don’t have an earth on the plug.
In saying that in our roof the electrician did install some of those flush round sockets for the extractors which have plugs on them.
The ones i bought recently from bunnings had a plug attached via the integral terminal block. A very easy job to disconnect the plug and its lead, and connect the wires from the existing fitting directly to the terminal block on the new one. Having done most of mine about 7 years ago, I'm sure we get less heat loss to the roof space and the integral flush units look much nicer. I also changed some of the existing switches out for dimmers, because the LEDs are so much brighter than the old R80s
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