Electricity Safety Act 1998
120VDeclaratory relief
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120V Declaratory relief
(1) The Supreme Court, on an application by the Minister or Energy Safe Victoria, by order, may declare whether or not the major electricity company to which the application relates has contravened a civil penalty provision.
(2) If the order declares the major electricity company to have contravened a civil penalty provision, the order may include either or both of the following—
(a) a requirement that the major electricity company cease, within a specified period, the act, activity or practice constituting the contravention;
(b) a requirement that the major electricity company take a specified action or adopt a specified practice, as the Court requires, for remedying the contravention or preventing a recurrence of the contravention.
Division 4—Miscellaneous
S. 120W inserted by No. 18/2017 s. 4.