Exemptions—Duties of the public
703 Exemptions—Duties of the public
Energy Safe Victoria may, on the application of any person who has been refused permission to do a thing that is otherwise prohibited by Part 6, exempt that person from any of the requirements of Part 6 that are prohibiting the person from doing that thing 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 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an application is withdrawn and a new application is submitted; or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 applicant can carry out the proposed activity safely; and
the applicant can carry out the proposed activity without damaging or interfering with any protected infrastructure; and
when the activity is completed, there will not be an unsafe electrical situation or the potential for any unsafe electrical situation to arise.
A person to whom an exemption applies must comply with any conditions of the exemption specified by Energy Safe Victoria.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
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