ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 55 Declaration of electrical equipment to be controlled electrical equipment
ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 55
Declaration of electrical equipment to be controlled electrical equipment(1) Energy Safe Victoria may declare that an item, description, type or component of electrical equipment, that is not in-scope electrical equipment, is controlled electrical equipment.
(2) A declaration made under subsection (1) takes effect on the date specified in the notice.
(3) A person must not supply or offer to supply controlled electrical equipment unless the electrical equipment—
(a) is the subject of a certificate of conformity issued by Energy Safe Victoria that has not expired or been cancelled or suspended and is marked as prescribed; or
(b) is the subject of a certificate of conformity issued by a regulatory authority that has not expired or been cancelled or suspended and is marked as prescribed; or
(c) is the subject of a certificate of conformity issued by an external certifier that has not expired or been cancelled or suspended and is marked as prescribed.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 240 penalty units.
Pt 4 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 56– 62B) inserted by No. 43/2018 s. 7.
Division 2—Certificate of suitability
New s. 56 inserted by No. 43/2018 s. 7.