Gas Safety Act 1997
46Revision of safety case—every 5 years
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46 Revision of safety case—every 5 years
(1) A gas company must submit a revised safety case for a facility of the company to Energy Safe Victoria at the end of a review period.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 300 penalty units;
relevant day means the day on which section 48 of the Energy Legislation Amendment (Energy Safety) Act 2023 comes into operation;
review period means—
(a) either—
(i) for an accepted safety case in force immediately before the relevant day, the period of 5 years commencing on the day of its most recent acceptance before the relevant day; or
(ii) for any other accepted safety case, the period of 5 years commencing on the day on which it is first accepted; and
(b) every subsequent period of 5 years commencing on the day after the day on which the previous period ends.
S. 47 (Heading) inserted by No. 39/2005 s. 52(Sch. 2 item 5).