Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electricity Safety Act 1998 - SECT 43

Safety of electrical installations

43. Safety of electrical installations



(1) A person must not install any electrical equipment which the person knows
or should reasonably be expected to know is unsafe or will be unsafe if
connected to an electricity supply.

Penalty: 40 penalty units.

(2) The occupier of any premises in which there is any unsafe electrical
equipment must-

   (a)  cause the electrical equipment to be removed from the premises or to
        be made safe; or

   (b)  in the case of electrical equipment forming part of an electrical
        installation, notify the owner of the premises of the unsafe
        electrical installation.

Penalty: 40 penalty units.

(3) An owner of premises who is notified under subsection (2) must cause the
electrical installation to be removed from the premises or to be made safe.

Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 40 penalty units; In the case of a
body corporate, 200 penalty units.

(4) A person carrying out electrical installation work must ensure that-

   (a)  all electrical circuits or electrical equipment handled in the course
        of that work are disconnected from the electricity supply; or

   (b)  adequate precautions are taken to prevent electric shock or other
        injury in the handling of electrical circuits or electrical equipment
        in the course of that work.

Penalty: 40 penalty units.