S. 3 def. of accepted bushfire mitigation plan inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 13(3), amended by No. 13/2025 s. 3(1).
accepted bushfire mitigation plan means—
(a) a bushfire mitigation plan accepted by Energy Safe Victoria under Subdivision 3 of Division 1A of Part 8 and includes a bushfire mitigation plan provisionally accepted by Energy Safe Victoria under that Subdivision; or
(ab) if a revised bushfire mitigation plan submitted under section 83BBA or 83BBB has been accepted or provisionally accepted under Subdivision 3 of Division 1A of Part 8, that revised bushfire mitigation plan; or
(b) a bushfire mitigation plan accepted by Energy Safe Victoria under Division 2A of Part 10 (and taken to form part of an accepted ESMS by operation of section 113D) and includes a bushfire mitigation plan provisionally accepted by Energy Safe Victoria under that Division;
S. 3 def. of accepted electricity safety management scheme amended by No. 89/1998 s. 6(b), repealed by No. 61/2007 s. 4(3).
S. 3 def. of accepted electricity safety manager inserted by No. 89/1998 s. 6(a), repealed by No. 61/2007 s. 4(3).
S. 3 def. of accepted ESMS inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 4(1) (as amended by No. 57/2009 s. 13(1)).
accepted ESMS means—
(a) an electricity safety management scheme that has been accepted or provisionally accepted under Division 2 or 3 of Part 10; or
(b) if a revised electricity safety management scheme has been accepted or provisionally accepted under Division 2 or 3 of Part 10, that revised electricity safety management scheme—
but does not include an electricity safety management scheme that has lapsed under Division 3 of Part 10;
S. 3 def. of accepted ESMSoperator inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 4(1) (as amended by No. 57/2009 s. 13(1)), amended by No. 22/2023 s. 3(b).
accepted ESMS operator means—
(a) a major electricity company whose electricity safety management scheme has been accepted or provisionally accepted by Energy Safe Victoria under Division 2 of Part 10; or
(ab) a declared owner or operator whose electricity safety management scheme has been accepted or provisionally accepted by Energy Safe Victoria under Division 2 of Part 10; or
(b) a voluntary ESMS operator;
S. 3 def. of authorised officer inserted by No. 13/2025 s. 53(Sch. 1 item 1(a)).
authorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer under Part 11;
S. 3 def. of bushfire mitigation plan inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 13(3), amended by Nos 22/2023 s. 3(c), 13/2025 s. 3(2).
bushfire mitigation plan means a plan referred to in section 83BA(1), 83BBA(1), 83BBB(1) or 113A(1) or (1A);
business day means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a public holiday appointed under the Public Holidays Act 1993;
cathodic protection system means a prescribed system designed to use direct electric current to protect metallic structures from corrosion;
S. 3 def. of certificate of compliance inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 13(1).
certificate of compliance means a certificate of compliance completed under section 44 for electrical installation work carried out by a licensed electrical installation worker;
S. 3 def. of certificate of inspection inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 13(1).
certificate of inspection means a certificate of inspection of electrical installation work carried out by a licensed electrical inspector under section 45;
S. 3 def. of Chairperson of Energy Safe Victoria inserted by No. 4/2020 s. 11(3).
Chairperson of Energy Safe Victoria means the Chairperson within the meaning of the Energy Safe Victoria Act 2005;
S. 3 def. of Chief Executive Officer of Energy Safe Victoria inserted by No. 4/2020 s. 11(3).
Chief Executive Officer of Energy Safe Victoria means the Chief Executive Officer within the meaning of the Energy Safe Victoria Act 2005;
Code means the Code of Practice for Electric Line Clearance prescribed for the purpose of Part 8;
S. 3 new def. of Committee inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 37(1)(b), amended by Nos 46/2014 s. 8, 13/2025 s. 13(2), repealed by No. 13/2025 s. 14.
company assets means property of an electricity supplier, being the whole or part of any pole, cable, conduit, conductor, device, appliance or other thing used for or in connection with a private electric line;
S. 3 def. of complex electrical installation inserted by No. 57/2009 s. 4(a).
complex electrical installation means an electrical installation that—
(a) has an installed generation capacity of equal to or greater than 1000 kVA; or
(b) is an electric line that is on land that is not owned or leased by the owner or operator of the electric line;
S. 3 def. of Committee repealed by No. 55/2010 s. 37(1)(a).
connect, in relation to an electrical installation or electrical equipment, includes make capable of receiving an electric current;
S. 3 def. of Council inserted by No. 2/2014 s. 4(a), amended by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 32).
Council has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 2020;
S. 3 def. of decision inserted by No. 24/2002 s. 3.
decision for the purposes of Part 6 includes prohibition, requirement or direction;
S. 3 def. of declared installation inserted by No. 22/2023 s. 3(a).
declared installation, in relation to a declared owner or operator, means the electrical installation or the part of an electrical installation specified in a declaration made under section 3B in respect of that owner or operator;
S. 3 def. of declared owner or operator inserted by No. 22/2023 s. 3(a).
declared owner or operator means an owner or operator of an electrical installation in respect of whom a declaration is made under section 3B;
S. 3 def. of Director inserted by No. 39/2005 s. 44(1), repealed by No. 4/2020 s. 11(1).
S. 3 def. of distribution area amended by Nos 69/2000 s. 21(a), 55/2010 s. 13(1).
distribution area means an area in which a distribution company under a distribution licence under the Electricity Industry Act 2000 is authorised to distribute electricity;
S. 3 def. of distribution company amended by No. 69/2000 s. 21(b).
distribution company has the same meaning as in the Electricity Industry Act 2000;
electric line means—
(a) the whole or any part of a wire, cable or other thing used or to be used for the purpose of transmitting, distributing or supplying electricity; or
(b) any thing enclosing or supporting such a wire, cable or other thing—
but does not include a wire, cable or other thing directly used in converting electrical energy into another form of energy;
electrical connection work means connecting or disconnecting electrical equipment to or from a supply of electricity;
electrical contracting means contracting or undertaking to carry out electrical installation work;
electrical contractor means a person who carries out electrical contracting;
electrical equipment means any appliance, wire, fitting, cable, conduit or apparatus that generates, uses, conveys or controls (or that is intended to generate, use, convey or control) electricity;
electrical equipment work means repair, alteration or maintenance of electrical equipment;
S. 3 def. of electrical inspection work amended by No. 4/2020 s. 10.
electrical inspection work means testing, inspection or certification of an electrical installation or other electrical equipment;
S. 3 def. of electrical installation amended by Nos 57/2009 s. 4(b), 4/2020 s. 3(2).
electrical installation means electrical equipment that is fixed or to be fixed in, on, under or over any land but does not include a part of a supply network—
(a) of a railway; or
(b) owned or operated by a major electricity company;
electrical installation work means installation, alteration, repair or maintenance of an electrical installation;
electrical installation worker means a person who carries out electrical installation work;
S. 3 def. of electrical linework inserted by No. 4/2020 s. 3(1).
electrical linework means construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, or disassembly of a part of a supply network;
S. 3 def. of electrical lineworker inserted by No. 4/2020 s. 3(1).
electrical lineworker means a person who carries out electrical linework;
S. 3 def. of electrical work substituted by No. 4/2020 s. 3(3).
electrical work means—
(a) electrical connection work; or
(b) electrical equipment work; or
(c) electrical inspection work; or
(d) electrical installation work; or
(e) electrical linework;
electrical worker means a person who carries out electrical work;
electricity supplier means a person who supplies electricity to another person;
S. 3 def. of energy efficiency electrical equipment inserted by No. 57/2009 s. 4(a).
energy efficiency electrical equipment means electrical equipment that is prescribed as energy efficiency electrical equipment for the purposes of Part 5;
S. 3 def. of Energy Safe Victoria inserted by No. 39/2005 s. 44(1), substituted by No. 4/2020 s. 11(2).
Energy Safe Victoria has the same meaning as it has in the Energy Safe Victoria Act 2005;
S. 3 def. of enforcement officer repealed by No. 13/2025 s. 53(Sch. 1 item 1(b)).
S. 3 def. of fire control authority amended by Nos 20/2019 s. 163, 22/2023 s. 3(d).
fire control authority, in relation to an area of land, means—
(a) Fire Rescue Victoria, if the area is within the Fire Rescue Victoria fire district within the meaning of the Fire Rescue Victoria Act 1958; or
(b) the Secretary to the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, if the area is within a fire protected area within the meaning of the Forests Act 1958; or
(c) the Country Fire Authority, if the area is within the country area of Victoria within the meaning of the Country Fire Authority Act 1958;
S. 3 def. of hazardous bushfire risk area inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 13(3).
hazardous bushfire risk area means an area—
(a) to which a fire authority has assigned a fire hazard rating of "high" under section 80, whether or not the area is an urban area; or
(b) that is not an urban area (other than an area a fire control authority has assigned a fire hazard rating of "low" under section 80);
S. 3 def. of Head, Transport for Victoria inserted by No. 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 16.1).
Head, Transport for Victoria has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Transport Integration Act 2010;
high voltage electric line means an electric line other than a low voltage electric line;
install includes lay and place;
low voltage electric line means an electric line which is ordinarily operated at a voltage not exceeding the voltage prescribed for the purposes of this definition;
maintenance, in Part 8, in relation to an electric line or a private electric line, includes the keeping of the whole or any part of a tree clear of the line;
S. 3 def. of major electricity company inserted by No. 57/2009 s. 4(a).
major electricity company means—
(a) a distribution company; or
(b) a transmission company—
but does not include a distribution company or a transmission company, or a class of distribution company or transmission company, declared under section 3A not to be a major electricity company;
S. 3 def. of member repealed by No. 13/2025 s. 13(1).
mitigation system means a prescribed system designed to reduce the effects on metallic structures of the leakage of stray electrical currents;
S. 3 def. of network operator amended by No. 61/2007 s. 12(1), repealed by No. 57/2009 s. 4(e).
occupier, in Part 8 or 11, in relation to land, means a person who is in actual occupation of the land or, if no-one is in actual occupation of the land, the owner of the land;
S. 3 def. of Office repealed by No. 39/2005 s. 44(2).
S. 3 def. of officer amended by No. 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 36).
officer, in relation to a corporation, has the same meaning as in section 9 of the Corporations Act;
person, in Part 8, includes an unincorporated body or association and a partnership;
point of supply—
(a) in relation to a low voltage electric line, means—
(i) in the case of an underground line (unless subparagraph (iii) applies), the point at which that line crosses the boundary of the land; and
(ii) in the case of an overhead line (unless subparagraph (iii) applies), the first point of connection of that line on the land, being either—
(A) if the line is carried onto the land by one or more poles, the first pole on the land carrying that line;
(B) if the line is connected directly to premises on the land, that connection to the premises; or
(C) if it is not possible to determine a point of supply in accordance with sub-subparagraph (A) or (B), the point at which the line crosses the boundary of the land; and
(iii) in the case of a line connected to company assets, the point at which the line is connected to the company assets; and
(b) in relation to a high voltage electric line, means the point agreed between the relevant distribution company or the relevant transmission company and the customer supplied by that electric line;
S. 3 def. of practicable inserted by No. 33/2005 s. 3(1), amended by Nos 57/2009 s. 4(c), 55/2010 s. 13(2), 13/2025 s. 45.
practicable, in section 75 or 83B or Part 10, means practicable having regard to—
(a) the severity of the hazard or risk in question; and
(b) the state of knowledge about the hazard or risk and any ways of removing or mitigating the hazard or risk; and
(c) the availability and suitability of ways to remove or mitigate the hazard or risk; and
(d) the cost of removing or mitigating the hazard or risk;
private electric line means any low voltage electric line used to take electricity from the point of supply, whether or not that line is vested in an electricity supplier;
S. 3 def. of public land amended by No. 2/2014 s. 4(b).
public land, in Division 4 of Part 3 and Part 8, means—
(a) Crown land; or
(b) land vested in a Minister of the Crown; or
(c) land vested in a public statutory authority or Council; or
(d) land (whether privately or publicly owned) used for public purposes;
S. 3 def. of railway or tramway system substituted as railway by No. 61/2007 s. 12(2), substituted by Nos 22/2013 s. 56, 41/2019 s. 117(Sch. 1 item 4).
railway has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Rail Safety National Law (Victoria);
S. 3 def. of rectification notice inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 13(1).
rectification notice means a notice given under section 45AB;
S. 3 def. of relevant function inserted by No. 89/1998 s. 6(a), repealed by No. 61/2007 s. 4(3).
S. 3 def. of responsible person amended by No. 2/2014 s. 4(c).
responsible person, in Part 8, means a person responsible under Subdivision 1 of Division 2 of Part 8 for the maintenance of a private electric line or for the keeping of the whole or any part of a tree clear of an electric line;
rural area, in Part 8, means an area that is not an urban area;
serious electrical incident means an incident involving electricity which causes or has the potential to cause—
(a) the death of or injury to a person; or
(b) significant damage to property; or
(c) a serious risk to public safety;
S. 3 def. of specified bushfire risk period inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 13(3).
specified bushfire risk period means the period commencing 1 November and ending 31 March the following year;
S. 3 def. of supply substituted by No. 43/2018 s. 4.
supply includes supply (including re-supply) by—
(a) sale or an arrangement, exchange, lease, hire or hire-purchase; or
(b) causing or permitting to be sold;
S. 3 def. of supply network amended by No. 57/2009 s. 4(d).
supply network means a network consisting of electric lines, substations, circuits and any other thing required for the purposes of the transmission, distribution or supply of electricity;
S. 3 def. of transmission company inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 4(1) (as amended by No. 57/2009 s. 13(1)).
transmission company has the same meaning as in the Electricity Industry Act 2000;
S. 3 def. of tree
inserted by No. 38/2000 s. 15.
tree includes vegetation;
S. 3 def. of Tribunal inserted by No. 24/2002 s. 3.
Tribunal means the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal established by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998;
S. 3 def. of upstream network repealed by No. 57/2009 s. 4(f).
S. 3 def. of urban area amended by Nos 40/2003 s. 26, 2/2014 s. 4(d).
urban area, in Part 8, means an area of land that is predominantly—
(a) subdivided into allotments or lots each of which, in the case of land used or to be used for residential purposes, is not greater than 0·1 hectares; and
(b) able to be used or developed under a planning scheme for residential, industrial or commercial purposes; and
(c) provided with constructed streets and services; and
(d) provided with street lighting installed at not less than 3 lanterns in every 500 metres—
and includes any other area for the time being specified in a notice under section 79 but does not include an area to which a fire control authority has for the time being assigned a fire hazard rating of "high" under section 80.
S. 3 def. of voluntary ESMS operator inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 4(1) (as amended by No. 57/2009 s. 13(1)), amended by No. 55/2010 s. 37(1)(c).
voluntary ESMS operator means a person whose electricity safety management scheme has been accepted or provisionally accepted by Energy Safe Victoria under Division 3 of Part 10.
S. 3A inserted by No. 61/2007 s. 5 (as amended by No. 57/2009 s. 14).