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Electricity Safety Act 1998
113GGeneral duty of declared owners and operators
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113G General duty of declared owners and operators
A declared owner or operator must design, construct, operate, maintain and decommission its declared installation to minimise as far as practicable—
(a) the hazards and risks to the safety of any person arising from the installation; and
(b) the hazards and risks of damage to the property of any person arising from the installation; and
(c) the bushfire danger arising from the installation.
S. 113H inserted by No. 22/2023 s. 20.