Electricity Safety Act 1998
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140A Definition
S. 140A def. of prescribed offence substituted by No. 25/2008 ss 7, 8, amended by Nos 55/2010 s. 31, 43/2018 s. 12, 13/2025 s. 30.
prescribed offence means—
(a) an offence against section 30, 32, 35(1), 35(3), 36(1), 37, 38, 43(2)(a), 43(2)(b), 43(4), 44(2), 44(3), 45(1), 45(2), 45(3), 45AB(4), 45(4), 45A(1), 45A(3), 45B(4), 45B(9)(a), 45B(9)(b), 54, 55(3), 62J(2), 67(1), 67A(1), 67B(2), 67C(2), 67D(2), 67E(1), 67F(1), 67G(1), 67H, 67I(1), 67J, 67K, 68, 76(1), 77(1), 77(2), 77(3), 78, 83BA(3), 86A(4), 108, 110, 113A(3), 113F(1), 119, 120B, 120H(4), 141AC(4) or 142(2); or
(b) an offence against a provision of the Act (other than a provision referred to in paragraph (a)) or the regulations that is prescribed.
S. 140B inserted by No. 89/1998 s. 22.