Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electricity Safety Act 1998 - SECT 45

Inspection of electrical installation work

45. Inspection of electrical installation work



(1) A person who is responsible for the carrying out of prescribed electrical
installation work must ensure that that work is inspected by a licensed
electrical inspector in accordance with the regulations before the electrical
installation is connected to the electricity supply, or if the electrical
circuits or electrical equipment handled in the course of the work were not
disconnected from the electricity supply, before the work is first used after
it is completed.

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

(2) Before an electricity supplier first connects an electrical installation
to an electricity supply, the electricity supplier must ensure that a
certificate of inspection of the prescribed electrical installation work in
relation to that installation has been issued by a licensed electrical
inspector in accordance with this section.

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

(3) A licensed electrical inspector who carries out an inspection of
prescribed electrical installation work must within 4 business days after the
completion of that inspection, give to the person who is responsible for the
carrying out of the work a signed certificate of inspection in respect of that
work.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4) A licensed electrical inspector must not sign a certificate of inspection
of any prescribed electrical installation work unless the certificate-





   (a)  describes the work; and

   (b)  states that the inspector has inspected the work; and

   (c)  states whether or not the work complies with this Act and the
        regulations; and

   (d)  contains any other details in relation to the work required by the
        regulations.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

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