Victorian Numbered Acts

ENERGY AND RESOURCES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO. 57 OF 2009) - SECT 22

    (1)     Insert the following heading to section 71 of the Gas Safety Act 1997 —

" Offence to supply or sell unaccepted or unlabelled appliances ".

    (2)     For section 71(1) of the Gas Safety Act 1997 substitute —

    "(1)     A person must not knowingly supply or offer to supply or sell or offer to sell a Type A appliance unless the appliance has—

        (a)     been accepted under an acceptance scheme authorised under this Division or accepted by Energy Safe Victoria under this Division; and

        (b)     an ESV approved label affixed to it.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 40 penalty units;

In the case of a body corporate, 200 penalty units.".

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