ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 83BJ Compliance audits for accepted bushfire mitigation plans—independent audits

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 83BJ

    (1)     Energy Safe Victoria may require a specified operator—

        (a)     to obtain, at the intervals determined by Energy Safe Victoria, independent audits of the operator's compliance with an accepted bushfire mitigation plan; and

        (b)     to forward a copy of each audit report to Energy Safe Victoria within a time specified by Energy Safe Victoria.

    (2)     The specified operator must establish to the satisfaction of Energy Safe Victoria that each person undertaking an audit under this section has the necessary competence and ability and access to information on the operations of the operator and the accepted bushfire mitigation plan to enable an independent audit to be carried out.

    (3)     If Energy Safe Victoria requires a specified operator to obtain an independent audit under this section, the costs of that audit must be borne by the operator.

    (4)     A specified operator must comply with a requirement of Energy Safe Victoria under this section.

Penalty:     200 penalty units.

S. 83BK inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 17.