Victorian Numbered Acts

ENERGY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (BUSHFIRE MITIGATION AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2011 (NO. 59 OF 2011)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998

           Division 1--Amendments relating to bushfire mitigation

   3.      Division 1AA of Part 10 repealed  

           Division 1AA--of Part 10 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998 is repealed.

   4.      General duty of major electricity companies  
   5.      Electricity safety management scheme  
   6.      Bushfire mitigation parts of initial accepted ESMS lapse by certain date  
   7.      Submission of bushfire mitigation plans for acceptance  
   8.      Compliance with bushfire mitigation plan  
   9.      Validation, acceptance, provisional acceptance and determination of bushfire mitigation plans  
   10.     Accepted bushfire mitigation plan forms part of accepted ESMS  
   11.     Compliance audits—independent audits  
   12.     Compliance audits—Energy Safe Victoria  

           Division 2--Other amendments to the Electricity Safety Act 1998

   13.     New section 43A inserted  
   14.     Failure to maintain lines  
   15.     Division 4 of Part 8 substituted and new Division 5 of Part 8 inserted  
   16.     Exemption from certain provisions of Act or regulations  
   17.      Powers of entry—enforcement  
   18.     Section 130 substituted  
   19.     Search warrant  
   20.     New section 141AC inserted  
   21.     New section 148A inserted  
   22.     Statute law revision  
   23.     New section 166 inserted  

   PART 3--AMENDMENTS TO THE VICTORIAN ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGET ACT 2007

   24.     Suspension of accreditation  
   25.     New sections 14A to 14C inserted  
   26.     New section 19A inserted  
   27.     Offences relating to creation of certificates  
   28.     Certificates must be registered  
   29.     ESC may require surrender of certificates if certificates improperly created  
   30.     New section 40A inserted  
   31.     Review of decisions  
   32.     New section 70A inserted  
   33.     Records to be kept by accredited persons and relevant entities  

   PART 4--AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ACT 2000

   34.     Compensation for wrongful disconnection  

   PART 5--AMENDMENTS TO THE GAS SAFETY ACT 1997

   35.     Offence to supply or sell unaccepted or unlabelled appliances  
   36.     Powers of entry—enforcement  
   37.     Section 95 substituted  
   38.     Search warrant  
   39.     Period within which proceedings for offences may be brought  
   40.     New section 128 inserted  

   PART 6--AMENDMENTS TO THE GAS INDUSTRY ACT 2001

   41.     Compensation for wrongful disconnection  
   42.     Statute law revision  

   PART 7--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   43.     Repeal of this Act  
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