Victorian Current Acts

ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 67A

    (1)     A responsible supplier must not supply or offer to supply level 1 in-scope electrical equipment to a person, except in accordance with subsection (2), (3) or (4).

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 60 penalty units;

    In the case of a body corporate, 240 penalty units.

    (2)     A responsible supplier may supply or offer to supply level 1 in-scope electrical equipment if—

        (a)     the responsible supplier—

              (i)     is a registered responsible supplier; or

              (ii)     supplies or offers for supply the electrical equipment, with the approval of Energy Safe Victoria; and

        (b)     the responsible supplier—

              (i)     is the manufacturer of the electrical equipment and, at the time the electrical equipment was manufactured, the electrical equipment complied with the relevant standard; or

              (ii)     is the importer of the electrical equipment and, at the time the electrical equipment was imported into a State or Territory or New Zealand, the electrical equipment complied with the relevant standard; or

              (iii)     supplies or offers for supply the electrical equipment, with the approval of Energy Safe Victoria; and

        (c)     the level 1 in-scope electrical equipment is safe to be connected to an electricity supply.

    (3)     A responsible supplier may supply or offer to supply level 1 in-scope electrical equipment if—

        (a)     the person who supplied the electrical equipment to the responsible supplier is registered under a corresponding law of New Zealand; and

        (b)     the electrical equipment at the time of its importation, was registered as being supplied by the person who supplied the electrical equipment to the responsible supplier under a corresponding law of New Zealand; and

        (c)     the electrical equipment at the time of its importation or manufacture complies with the relevant standard that applied to the electrical equipment on its registration under a corresponding law of New Zealand by the person; and

        (d)     the electrical equipment is safe to be connected to an electricity supply.

    (4)     A responsible supplier may supply or offer to supply level 1 in-scope electrical equipment imported by the responsible supplier from a body corporate outside of Australia if—

        (a)     the responsible supplier is a related body corporate of a NZ body corporate; and

        (b)     the NZ body corporate is a registered responsible supplier; and

        (c)     the electrical equipment is registered in the Register as electrical equipment supplied by the NZ body corporate; and

        (d)     the electrical equipment at the time of its importation complies with the relevant standard that applied to the electrical equipment on its registration under a corresponding law of New Zealand by the NZ body corporate; and

        (e)     the electrical equipment is safe to be connected to an electricity supply.

S. 67B inserted by No. 43/2018 s. 10.