403Reporting of serious electrical incidents—fire control authorities

403 Reporting of serious electrical incidents—fire control authorities

(1) For the purposes of section 142(3) of the Act, a fire control authority must—

(a) as soon as is practicable report to Energy Safe Victoria by telephone, on a telephone number specified by Energy Safe Victoria, all of the details of any urgent reportable incident it attends; and

(b) within a month of serious electrical incident occurring, provide Energy Safe Victoria with a written report containing all details of any serious electrical incident it has attended; and

(c) within a month of completing an investigation into a fire of an electrical nature, provide Energy Safe Victoria with a written report containing the results of that investigation.

(2) The report referred to in subregulation (1)(b) must be in a form approved by Energy Safe Victoria and, if required by Energy Safe Victoria, must be given to Energy Safe Victoria by means of an electronic communication.

(3) In this regulation, urgent reportable incident means a serious electrical incident which causes or has the potential to cause—

(a) the death of or injury to a person; or

(b) a serious risk to public safety.