Electricity Safety Act 1998
120OInstallation of Automatic Circuit Recloser for SWER lines
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120O Installation of Automatic Circuit Recloser for SWER lines
(1) A major electricity company must install an Automatic Circuit Recloser for each SWER line in its supply network before 1 January 2021 or if Energy Safe Victoria specifies a later date under section 120X, that date.
(2) A major electricity company that contravenes subsection (1) is liable to pay a pecuniary penalty—
(a) not exceeding $50 000 in respect of each contravention of that subsection; and
(b) in the case of a continuing contravention of that subsection, a daily amount not exceeding $150 for each day that contravention continues after service on the major electricity company by Energy Safe Victoria of notice of that contravention.
(3) This section does not apply to a major electricity company that is exempted from complying with this section under an Order under section 120W and complies with that Order.
S. 120P inserted by No. 18/2017 s. 4.