Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019

Energy Safe Victoria may, on the application of an electricity supplier, exempt the electricity supplier from any of the requirements of Part 3 subject to any conditions specified by Energy Safe Victoria.

An application under subregulation (1) must be in writing and contain details of—

the applicant's name, telephone number and business and postal address; and

details of the exemption requested; and

the reasons for requesting the exemption.

An application must be accompanied by—

any relevant technical information, including information that shows that the granting of an exemption will not reduce the level of safety from physical injury, fire and electric shock from the level of safety that would have been provided under Part 3 if the requirements of Part 3 had been complied with; and

the application fee.

The application fee for an exemption under this regulation is 5·99 fee units.

Energy Safe Victoria may waive or rebate the payment of the application fee payable under this regulation if—

an application is withdrawn and a new application is submitted; or

in the opinion of Energy Safe Victoria, the payment of the application fee is not warranted because of the nature of the application; or

in the opinion of Energy Safe Victoria, dealing with the application imposes on Energy Safe Victoria no appreciable burden or a lesser burden than usual.

Energy Safe Victoria may grant an exemption if satisfied that—

the applicant has demonstrated that the granting of the exemption will not reduce the level of safety from physical injury, fire and electric shock from the level of safety that would have been provided under Part 3 if the requirements of Part 3 had been complied with; or

in the particular circumstances compliance with the requirements of Part 3 is not practicable.

A person to whom an exemption applies must comply with any conditions of the exemption specified by Energy Safe Victoria.