Electricity Safety Act 1998
153Electrical equipment
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153 Electrical equipment
S. 153(a) amended by No. 43/2018 s. 14(2).
(a) standards for electrical equipment;
S. 153(ab) inserted by No. 43/2018 s. 14(3).
(ab) prescribing the standards of safety of in‑scope electrical equipment and the risk level of in-scope electrical equipment;
S. 153(b) amended by Nos 89/1998 s. 28(1), 39/2005 s. 48(Sch. 1 item 2).
(b) the examination, inspection and testing of electrical equipment, including the provision of samples of equipment to Energy Safe Victoria for testing and the disposal of those samples;
S. 153(c) amended by No. 59/2008 s. 41(3)–(6), substituted by No. 43/2018 s. 14(4).
(c) the certification of suitability of electrical equipment including—
(i) applications for certificates of suitability and the information to accompany the applications;
(ii) the issuing of certificates of suitability;
(iii) the conditions on certificates of suitability;
(iv) the modification of electrical equipment as a requirement of the issue of a certificate of suitability;
(v) the refusal and cancellation of certificates of suitability;
(vi) the renewal, transfer, variation and duration of certificates of suitability;
S. 153(ca) inserted by No. 43/2018 s. 14(4).
(ca) the certification of conformity of electrical equipment including—
(i) applications for certificates of conformity and the information to accompany the applications;
(ii) the issuing of certificates of conformity;
(iii) the conditions of certificates of conformity;
(iv) the modification of electrical equipment as a requirement of the issue of a certificate of conformity;
(v) the refusal and cancellation of certificates of conformity;
(vi) the renewal, transfer, variation and duration of certificates of conformity;
S. 153(d) amended by No. 43/2018 s. 14(5).
(d) the marking and labelling of electrical equipment;
S. 153(da) inserted by No. 43/2018 s. 14(6).
(da) the keeping of registers of certificates of suitability, certificates of conformity and certificate holders;
S. 153(e) amended by No. 89/1998 s. 28(2)(a).
(e) reasonable fees and charges to be charged for or for the recovery of reasonable costs for—
S. 153(e)(i) substituted by No. 89/1998 s. 28(2)(b), amended by No. 59/2008 s. 41(7), substituted by No. 43/2018 s. 14(7).
(i) testing and examination in connection with the certification of suitability of electrical equipment or the certification of conformity of electrical equipment;