certificate of compliance means a certificate issued under section 55 as in force immediately, before the commencement day;
certification means a certification given in accordance with section 57(2)(c) as in force immediately before the commencement day;
commencement day means the day on which Part 2 of the Electricity Safety Amendment (Electrical Equipment Safety Scheme) Act 2018 comes into operation;
controlled electrical equipment has the same meaning as in section 50;
in-scope electrical equipment has the same meaning as in section 50;
level 1 in-scope electrical equipment has the same meaning as in section 50;
level 2 in-scope electrical equipment has the same meaning as in section 50;
Register has the same meaning as in section 50;
registered responsible supplier has the same meaning as in section 50;
regulatory compliance mark has the same meaning as in section 50;
responsible supplier has the same meaning as in section 50.
(2) Part 4 applies to a certificate of compliance in respect of electrical equipment, as in force immediately before the commencement day, as if a reference to a certificate of suitability were a reference to a certificate of compliance for the period beginning on the commencement day and ending on (whichever first occurs)—
(a) the day the certificate of compliance for the electrical equipment expires or is cancelled; or
(3) Part 4 applies to an approval under section 57(2)(b), as in force immediately before the commencement day, of electrical equipment where the approval is in force immediately before the commencement day, as if a reference to a certificate of conformity were a reference to that approval for the period beginning on the commencement day and ending on (whichever first occurs)—
(a) the day the approval for the electrical equipment expires or is cancelled; or
(4) Part 4 applies to an approval under section 58, as in force immediately before the commencement day, of electrical equipment where the approval is in force immediately before the commencement day, as if a reference to a certificate of conformity were a reference to that approval for the period beginning on the commencement day and ending on (whichever first occurs)—
(a) the day the approval for the electrical equipment expires or is cancelled; or
(5) Part 4 applies to a certification in respect of electrical equipment, in force immediately before the commencement day, as if a reference to a certificate of conformity were a reference to that certification for the period beginning on the commencement day and ending on (whichever first occurs)—
(a) the day the certification for the electrical equipment expires or is cancelled; or
(6) For 6 months on and from the commencement day a responsible supplier who supplies or offers to supply any in-scope electrical equipment—
(a) is taken to be a registered responsible supplier; and
(b) is taken to have marked the in-scope electrical equipment with a regulatory compliance mark as required; and
(c) is taken to have satisfied a request to supply a compliance folder or a certificate of suitability under section 67C(2), if the responsible supplier supplies on request the relevant documentary evidence within the meaning of section 67B as if a reference in section 67B to level 1 in‑scope electrical equipment were a reference to level 2 in-scope electrical equipment; and
(d) is taken to have registered that equipment in the Register.
(7) A person other than a responsible supplier who purchases in-scope electrical equipment for the purpose of supplying it or offering it for supply to another person before the commencement day or in the period not exceeding 6 months after the commencement day may supply or offer to supply that in‑scope electrical equipment to another person as if—
(a) the electrical equipment was registered in the Register on the day that the person took possession of the electrical equipment; and
(b) the electrical equipment is marked with a regulatory compliance mark as required on the day that the person supplies or offers to supply the electrical equipment.
S. 168 repealed by No. 24/2002 s. 10, new s. 168 inserted by No. 4/2020 s. 17.
168 Energy Safety Legislation Amendment (Victorian Energy Safety Commission and Other Matters) Act 2020—appointments not affected
(1) The amendments made by the Energy Safety Legislation Amendment (Victorian Energy Safety Commission and Other Matters) Act 2020 do not affect an appointment under section 121(1) that was in force immediately before the commencement of Division 3 of Part 2 of that Act.
(2) An appointment referred to in subsection (1) continues in effect on and after the commencement of Division 3 of Part 2 of the Energy Safety Legislation Amendment (Victorian Energy Safety Commission and Other Matters) Act 2020.
S. 169 repealed by No. 24/2002 s. 10, new s. 169 inserted by No. 4/2020 s. 17.
169 Energy Safety Legislation Amendment (Victorian Energy Safety Commission and Other Matters) Act 2020—electrical lineworkers
(1) On 31 December 2020, Energy Safe Victoria must give the Minister a statement that lists each person whom Energy Safe Victoria is required, under subsection (2), to list in the statement.
(2) Energy Safe Victoria must list a person in the statement if Energy Safe Victoria is satisfied that, on 31 December 2020, the person is the subject of a current entry in a register of electrical lineworkers maintained by Energy Safe Victoria.
(3) On 1 January 2021, Energy Safe Victoria must, under section 40(1), license each person listed in the statement given to the Minister under subsection (1) as an electrical worker in respect of a specified class of electrical linework.
(4) In issuing licences as required by subsection (3), Energy Safe Victoria is not required to specify the same period of operation, or the same class of electrical linework, in each licence.
(5) Despite anything in section 40 or the regulations—
(a) a person listed in the statement given to the Minister under subsection (1) is not required—
(i) to apply for the licence that subsection (3) requires Energy Safe Victoria to issue the person; or
(ii) to give Energy Safe Victoria any other information or material in relation to the issue of that licence; or
(iii) to pay any fee in relation to the issue of that licence; and
(b) Energy Safe Victoria must issue that licence whether or not the person meets any requirements set out in the regulations for the issue of a licence.
(6) Nothing in subsection (5) prevents Energy Safe Victoria from doing any of the following things in accordance with this Act and the regulations—
(a) varying, cancelling or suspending a licence issued as required by subsection (3);
(b) imposing a condition or restriction on a licence issued as required by subsection (3).
S. 170 repealed by No. 24/2002 s. 10, new s. 170 inserted by No. 13/2025 s. 19.