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ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 105 Energy Safe Victoria may determine electricity safety management scheme

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 105

Energy Safe Victoria may determine electricity safety management scheme

S. 105(1) amended by No. 4/2020 s. 7(1).

    (1)     Subject to subsection (1A), Energy Safe Victoria may determine the electricity safety management scheme which is to apply in respect of a supply network which is in operation at the time of the determination if—

        (a)     the major electricity company fails to submit an electricity safety management scheme for the supply network in accordance with this Division; or

        (b)     Energy Safe Victoria has decided not to accept an electricity safety management scheme for the supply network.

S. 105(1A) inserted by No. 4/2020 s. 7(2).

    (1A)     Energy Safe Victoria must not determine an electricity safety management scheme that purports to authorise a person to carry out any class of electrical linework—

        (a)     for which the person is not licensed under Division 2 of Part 3; and

        (b)     that is a prescribed class of electrical work for the purposes of that Division.

    (2)     If Energy Safe Victoria determines the electricity safety management scheme to apply to a supply network under this section, Energy Safe Victoria must give notice in writing to the major electricity company of that determination.

    (3)     On notice being given to the major electricity company under subsection (2), the electricity safety management scheme determined by Energy Safe Victoria is deemed for the purposes of this Act to be the accepted ESMS for the supply network to which it applies.

    (4)     Nothing in subsection (3) prevents a major electricity company from submitting an electricity safety management scheme or a revised electricity safety management scheme for a supply network to Energy Safe Victoria for acceptance under this Division.

S. 105A inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 26, amended by No. 59/2011 s. 6, repealed by No. 2/2014 s. 10.

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S. 106 substituted by No. 61/2007 s. 7.