Electricity Safety Act 1998
152Installation safety
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152 Installation safety
(a) safety standards for the design, construction, operation, alteration, repair, maintenance and dismantling of electrical installations;
(b) prohibiting or regulating the construction of electrical installations;
(c) the methods to be followed in carrying out electrical installation work in or in relation to electrical installations;
(d) safety standards in relation to the connection of electrical equipment or apparatus to electrical installations;
(e) safety standards in relation to the connection of electrical installations to an electricity supply;
(f) inspections of electrical installations;
(g) testing of electrical installations and electrical installation work;
(h) the certification of electrical installation work;
S. 152(ha) inserted by No. 89/1998 s. 27, amended by No. 39/2005 s. 48(Sch. 1 item 2).
(ha) the notification (including electronic notification) to be given to Energy Safe Victoria of completion of certificates of compliance under section 44 or certificates of inspection under section 45 or any classes of those certificates;
S. 152(i) amended by No. 39/2005 s. 48(Sch. 1 item 2).
(i) reasonable fees to be charged by Energy Safe Victoria for the inspection and testing of electrical installations and electrical installation work;
(j) reasonable fees to be charged for the certification of electrical installation work.
S. 153 (Heading) inserted by No. 43/2018 s. 14(1).