ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 109 Energy Safe Victoria may request submission of a revised electricity safety management scheme

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 109

    (1)     Energy Safe Victoria may at any time request a major electricity company to submit a revised electricity safety management scheme for a supply network of the major electricity company.

    (2)     The request must—

        (a)     be in writing; and

        (b)     set out—

              (i)     the matters to be addressed by the required revision; and

              (ii)     the proposed date of effect of the revision; and

              (iii)     the grounds for the request.

    (3)     The major electricity company to whom the request is given may make a submission to Energy Safe Victoria on all or any of the following grounds—

        (a)     that the revision should not occur;

        (b)     that the revision should be in different terms from the proposed terms;

        (c)     that the revision should take effect on a later date than the proposed date of effect.

    (4)     The submission must—

        (a)     be in writing; and

        (b)     state the major electricity company's reasons for the submission; and

        (c)     be made within 21 days, or such later period as Energy Safe Victoria allows, after the request is received.

    (5)     If a major electricity company makes a submission under this section, Energy Safe Victoria must decide—

        (a)     to accept the submission or part of the submission and vary or withdraw the request accordingly; or

        (b)     to reject the submission.

    (6)     Energy Safe Victoria must give the major electricity company notice in writing of its decision on the submission and the reasons for that decision.

S. 110 substituted by No. 61/2007 s. 7.