ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998

Victorian Consolidated Legislation

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ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998

No. 25 of 1998
Version incorporating amendments as at 1 January 2010

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

PART 1-PRELIMINARY

1. Purpose
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
3A. Declaration of certain distribution companies or transmission companies not to be major electricity companies
4. Exemptions
5. Act to bind the Crown

PART 2-ENERGY SAFE VICTORIA

6. Objectives of Energy Safe Victoria
7. Functions of Energy Safe Victoria
8. Funding
9-29. Repealed

PART 3-ELECTRICAL WORK

Division 1-Registration of electrical contractors

30. Contractors
31. Registration of electrical contractors
32. Registered number
33. Register of electrical contractors
34. Disciplinary action
35. Employees of registered electrical contractor
36. Electrical contractors not to employ certain persons
37. Obligations on registered contractors

Division 2-Licensing of electrical workers

38. Electrical workers
39. Apprentices deemed to be licensed
40. Licensing of electrical workers
41. Disciplinary action

Division 3-Electrical installation work

41A. Responsible person
41B. Supervisor deemed to carry out certain work
42. Implied conditions relating to electrical installation work
43. Safety of electrical installations
44. Compliance and testing of electrical installation work
45. Inspection of electrical installation work
45A. Certificates of electrical safety
45AB. Enforcement officer may require rectification of
non-compliant electrical installation work
45B. Supply of certificate forms

Division 4-Installation of electric lines on public land

46. Regulation of installation
47. Exemption
48. Division not to affect operation of other requirements
49. Transitional

PART 4-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

50. Equipment Advisory Committee
51. Function of Committee
52. Terms and conditions of appointment of members
53. Procedure of Committee
54. Standards of electrical equipment
55. Certification of compliance of electrical equipment
56. Repealed
57. Prescribed electrical equipment
58. Approval of equipment
59. Re-examination
60. Modifications after approval
61. Approval of samples
62. Withdrawal of approval
63. Prohibition of supply of electrical equipment
64. Offence to disobey prohibition
65. Recall of electrical equipment
66. Offence to fail to comply with requirement

PART 5-ENERGY EFFICIENCY

67. Proclaimed electrical equipment
68. Proclaimed electrical equipment not to be supplied unless registered and labelled

PART 6-RIGHTS OF REVIEW

69. Applications to review
70-74. Repealed

PART 7-UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC LINES AND OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF COMPLEX ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

75. General duties of owners or operators of complex electrical installations and railways
76. Underground electric lines
77. Underground electric lines-obligations of distribution companies
78. Protection of underground electric lines

PART 8-ELECTRIC LINE CLEARANCE

Division 1-General

79. Urban area
80. Fire hazard rating
81. Declared area in urban area
82. Operation of Part
83. Point of supply

Division 1A-Bushfire mitigation

83A. Bushfire mitigation plans
83B. Inspection of private overhead lines

Division 2-Responsibility for maintenance of lines

84. Requirement to maintain line
85. Exercise of powers with respect to lines
86. Failure to maintain lines

Division 3-Electric Line Clearance Consultative Committee

87. Constitution of Committee
88. Functions of the Committee
89. Procedure for Code
90. Offences against Code

PART 9-CATHODIC PROTECTION AND MITIGATION OF STRAY CURRENT CORROSION

91. Victorian Electrolysis Committee
92. Functions of the Committee
93. Operation of cathodic protection systems
93A. Evidentiary provision-operation of cathodic protection
systems
94. Railway operator-duty in relation to stray electrical current leakage
95. Mitigation systems
96. Directions of Energy Safe Victoria
97. Costs in relation to mitigation systems

PART 10-ELECTRICITY SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Division 1-General duty of major electricity companies

98. General duty of major electricity companies

Division 2-Mandatory electricity safety management schemes (major electricity companies)

99. Electricity safety management scheme
100. Validation of electricity safety management scheme for a supply network
101. Additional information
102. Acceptance of electricity safety management scheme
103. Provisional acceptance of electricity safety management
scheme
104. Non-acceptance of electricity safety management scheme
105. Energy Safe Victoria may determine electricity safety management scheme
106. Compliance with electricity safety management scheme
107. Revision of electricity safety management scheme-change
108. Revision of electricity safety management scheme-each
5 years
109. Energy Safe Victoria may request submission of a revised electricity safety management scheme
110. Offence to fail to submit revised electricity safety management scheme on request
111. Application of provisions to revised electricity safety management scheme
112. Exemption from regulations
113. Compliance with electricity safety management scheme is a defence

Division 3-Voluntary electricity safety management schemes

114. Electricity safety management scheme for employers of electrical workers
115. Electricity safety management scheme for specified premises
116. Electricity safety management scheme for owner of complex electrical installation
117. Exemption from certain provisions of Act or regulations
118. Compliance with electricity safety management scheme
119. Revision of voluntary electricity safety management scheme-each 5 years
120. Revision of voluntary electricity safety management scheme-change
120A. Energy Safe Victoria may request submission of revised electricity safety management scheme
120B. Compliance with request
120C. Lapsing of electricity safety management scheme
120D. Duty of employer of electrical workers
120E. Duty of occupier of specified premises
120F. Duty of owner of complex electrical installation
120G. Compliance with electricity safety management scheme is a defence

Division 4-Other matters

120H. Compliance audits-independent audits
120I. Compliance audits-Energy Safe Victoria
120J. Annual fees

PART 11-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND POWERS

Division 1-Appointment of enforcement officers

121. Enforcement officers

Division 2-Powers of entry-general

122. Powers of entry-compliance
123. Occupier to be given copy of consent
124. Emergency access
125. Powers on entry
126. Return of things seized
127. Magistrates' Court may extend period
128. Entry to be reported to Energy Safe Victoria

Division 3-Powers of entry-enforcement

129. Powers of entry-enforcement
130. Occupier to be given copy of consent
131. Search warrant
132. Announcement before entry
133. Copy of warrant to be given to occupier

Division 4-General

134. Power of enforcement officer to require information or documents
135. Offence to give false information to enforcement officer
136. Copying of documents
137. Protection against self-incrimination
138. Offence to obstruct enforcement officer
139. Police to assist enforcement officers
140. Impersonation of enforcement officer

PART 11A-INFRINGEMENT NOTICES

140A. Definition
140B. Power to serve a notice
140C. Repealed
140D. Infringement penalties
140E-140J. Repealed

PART 12-GENERAL

Division 1-Directions

141. Director may give directions
141A. Additional powers in emergencies
141B. Delegation by Director

Division 2-Reporting of serious electrical incidents

142. Notification of serious electrical incidents

Division 3-Improvement notices

143. Enforcement officer may issue improvement notice
144. Offence not to comply with improvement notice
145. Notices may include directions

Division 4-Other matters

145A. Offences under Part 8.
146. Offences by bodies corporate
147. Offences by partnerships or unincorporated associations
148. False or misleading information

PART 13-REGULATIONS

149. Supply safety
149A. Repealed
150. Safety management schemes
151. Electric line clearance
152. Installation safety
153. Equipment safety
154. Equipment efficiency regulations
155. Cathodic protection and stray current corrosion regulations
156. Electrical contractors and electrical workers
157. General regulation making powers
158. Disallowance of regulations

PART 14-TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

159. Repealed
160. Transitional provisions-electrical contractors and
mechanics
161. Transitional provision-electrical equipment
162. Transitional provision-urban area
162A. Making of certain statutory rules
163. Transitional provisions-abolition of the Electrical Appeals Board
164. Transitional provisions-Electricity Safety Amendment Act 2007.
165-170. Repealed
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SCHEDULE 1-Transitional Provisions
1. Definitions
2. Abolition of the Electrical Appeals Board
3. Pending proceedings
4. Determinations or orders made by Board
5. Power to resolve transitional difficulties
6. Transfer of registers
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ENDNOTES
1. General Information
2. Table of Amendments
3. Explanatory Details

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