Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (Vic)

Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment)

Regulations 2001

S.R. No. 8/2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

1.	Objective	1
2.	Authorising provisions	2
3.	Commencement	2
4.	Principal Regulations	2
5.	Definitions	2
6.	Exemption for accepted electricity safety manager may be
subject to conditions	2
7.	New regulation 17 substituted	2
17. Exemptions to be specified	2
8.	Exemption for electricity safety management scheme may be
subject to conditions	4

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STATUTORY RULES 2001

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Electricity Safety Act 1998

Electricity Safety (Management) (Amendment)

Regulations 2001

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 13 February 2001

Responsible Minister:

CANDY BROAD

Minister for Energy and Resources

HELEN DOYE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the
Electricity Safety (Management) Regulations

1999 to—

(a)	extend the definition of "employer operator"; and
(b)	empower the Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector to specify conditions to which an exemption from the requirements of the

Regulations will be subject; and

(c)

require electricity safety management regulations made under the Electricity Safety Act 1998 and provisions of the Act from which persons authorised under a particular scheme are to be exempt.

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2. Authorising provisions

These Regulations are made under sections 149A and 150 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.

3. Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on

15 February 2001.

4. Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Electricity Safety
(Management) Regulations 19991 are called the

Principal Regulations.

5. Definitions

In regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations, in the
definition of "employer operator", after
"107(1)(a)" insert "or (1)(c)".

6.  Exemption for accepted electricity safety manager may be subject to conditions

After regulation 13(1) of the Principal Regulations insert—

"(1A) An exemption under sub-regulation (1) may be subject to conditions (if any) specified by the Office.".

7. New regulation 17 substituted

For regulation 17 of the Principal Regulations
substitute—
"17. Exemptions to be specified

An electricity safety management scheme must specify—

(a) to the installation and operation of
electrical installations or supply

all provisions of the regulations relating operator is to be exempted; and

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(b)	in the case of a scheme under which a person authorised under the scheme to carry out a class or type of electrical
work is to be exempt from compliance with—

(i)  any of the regulations relating to the carrying out of that class or type of work; or

(ii)  the provisions referred to in section 113(2) of the Act—

all provisions of the regulations relating
to the carrying out of that class or type
of work and the provisions referred to
in that section from which the person is

to be exempted; and

(c) in the case of a scheme under which a person carrying out a specified class or type of electrical work on the premises to which the scheme applies is to be exempt from compliance with—

(i)  any of the regulations relating to the carrying out of that class or type of work; or

(ii)  the provisions referred to in section 113(2A) of the Act—

all provisions of the regulations relating
to the carrying out of that class or type
of work and the provisions referred to
in that section from which the person is
to be exempted.".

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8.  Exemption for electricity safety management scheme may be subject to conditions

After regulation 33(1) of the Principal Regulations insert—

"(1A) An exemption under sub-regulation (1) may be subject to conditions (if any) specified by the Office.".

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Endnotes

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ENDNOTES

1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 140/1999.