Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electricity Safety Act 1998 - SECT 89

Procedure for Code

89. Procedure for Code



(1) Energy Safe Victoria must, before the Governor in Council makes
regulations prescribing the Code of Practice or amending or varying the Code-

   (a)  refer to the Committee all matters with respect to the contents of
        those regulations; and

   (b)  make a draft of those regulations available to the public for comment
        for a period of 90 days; and

   (c)  consider any comments on the draft made to Energy Safe Victoria during
        that period.



(2) There shall at all times be in force regulations prescribing the Code but
no such regulations shall continue in force for more than 5 years after the
date of their coming into operation.

(3) The regulations must prescribe the provisions of the Code that are, for
the purposes of section 90, penalty provisions.

(4) A regulation shall not be invalidated or affected by reason only of a
failure to comply with subsection (1) with respect to that regulation.

(5) Energy Safe Victoria must cause the Code to be published in the Government
Gazette.