106Compliance with electricity safety management scheme

106 Compliance with electricity safety management scheme

S. 106(1) amended by No. 22/2023 s. 13(1).

(1) A major electricity company must not commence to commission, or operate, a supply network unless an electricity safety management scheme for that supply network has been accepted or provisionally accepted under this Division.

S. 106(2) amended by No. 22/2023 s. 13(1).

(2) A major electricity company must comply with the accepted ESMS for a supply network.

S. 106(3) amended by No. 22/2023 s. 13(1).

(3) A major electricity company must comply with the accepted ESMS for a supply network in relation to the removal, dismantling or decommissioning of the supply network.

S. 106(4) amended by No. 22/2023 s. 13(1).

(4) A major electricity company must not—

S. 106(4)(a) amended by No. 22/2023 s. 13(2)(a).

(a) undertake or permit a modification of a supply network that has the potential to increase the overall levels of risk to the safety of any person or property arising from the supply network; or

S. 106(4)(b) amended by No. 22/2023 s. 13(2)(a).

(b) undertake or permit a modification of a supply network that has the potential to influence the level of specific risk to the safety of any person or property arising from the supply network or the ranking of risk contributing factors; or

S. 106(4)(c) amended by No. 22/2023 s. 13(2)(b).

(c) make or permit a change to the safety management system in relation to the supply network—

unless Energy Safe Victoria has accepted a revision of the accepted ESMS in relation to that matter for that supply network.

S. 107 substituted by No. 61/2007 s. 7.