Electricity Safety Act 1998
67Offence—supply level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or level 3 in-scope electrical equipment
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67 Offence—supply level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or level 3 in-scope electrical equipment
(1) A responsible supplier must not supply or offer to supply level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or level 3 in-scope electrical equipment to a person, except in accordance with subsection (2), (3) or (4).
(2) A responsible supplier may supply or offer to supply level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or level 3 in-scope electrical equipment if—
(a) the responsible supplier—
(i) is a registered responsible supplier for the purposes of this Part; or
(ii) supplies or offers to supply the electrical equipment with the approval of Energy Safe Victoria; and
(b) the level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or the level 3 in-scope electrical equipment—
(i) is registered in the Register as electrical equipment supplied by the registered responsible supplier; or
(ii) is comprised of 2 or more components or types of in-scope electrical equipment permanently attached to the electrical equipment and the electrical equipment is registered as one item; or
(iii) in the case of level 3 in-scope electrical equipment, the electrical equipment is an item of prescribed in-scope electrical equipment and is for use with an item of level 1 in-scope electrical equipment, level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or level 3 in-scope electrical equipment; or
(iv) is supplied or offered for supply, with the approval of Energy Safe Victoria; and
(c) the level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or the level 3 in-scope electrical equipment complies with the relevant standard that applied to the electrical equipment on its registration by the registered responsible supplier; and
(d) the level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or the level 3 in-scope electrical equipment is safe to be connected to an electricity supply.
(3) A responsible supplier may supply or offer to supply level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or level 3 in-scope electrical equipment if—
(a) the person who supplied the electrical equipment to the responsible supplier is registered under a corresponding law of New Zealand; and
(b) the electrical equipment at the time of its importation was registered as being supplied by the person under a corresponding law of New Zealand; and
(c) the electrical equipment complies with the relevant standard that applied to the electrical equipment on its registration under a corresponding law of New Zealand by the person; and
(d) the electrical equipment is safe to be connected to an electricity supply.
(4) A responsible supplier may supply or offer to supply level 2 in-scope electrical equipment or level 3 in-scope electrical equipment imported by the responsible supplier from a body corporate outside of Australia if—