ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 141AB Information notices
ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 141AB
Information noticesS. 141AB(1) amended by No. 18/2017 s. 5.
(1) Energy Safe Victoria, by written notice, may require a person to give Energy Safe Victoria information in the person's possession or control that Energy Safe Victoria reasonably requires for the purpose of verifying the performance of distribution companies in complying with Divisions 1A, 2 and 4 of Part 8, and Part 10.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must—
(a) specify or describe the information that is required by Energy Safe Victoria; and
(b) specify the format in which that information is to be given to Energy Safe Victoria; and
(c) specify the date by which the information must be given to Energy Safe Victoria.
(3) A person who is given a notice under subsection (1) must comply with the notice unless the person has a lawful excuse.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 50 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 200 penalty units.
S. 141AB(4) amended by No. 4/2020 s. 19.
(4) A natural person cannot be compelled, by the giving of a notice under subsection (1), to give information if the information might tend to incriminate the person of an offence.
(5) This section does not require a person to give information that is the subject of legal professional privilege or client legal privilege.
(6) It is not a lawful excuse for a person to fail to comply with a notice under subsection (1) on the ground of any duty of confidence.
S. 141AC (Heading) amended by No. 4/2020 s. 15(1)
S. 141AC inserted by No. 59/2011 s. 20.