Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2020

For the purposes of section 40 of the Act, Energy Safe Victoria may issue a licence to a person under which the person may carry out electrical inspection work of any or all of the classes specified in Part A of Schedule 2 (except class "L") if—

the person—

has demonstrated to the satisfaction of Energy Safe Victoria the qualifications, experience, competence and proficiency in the matters specified in Part B of Schedule 2 for the relevant class of electrical inspection work; and

if required by Energy Safe Victoria to do so, has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction required by Energy Safe Victoria; and

has satisfactorily completed any practical or theory examinations in electrical inspection required by Energy Safe Victoria to be completed; or

the person's standard of qualifications, proficiency and experience in electrical installation work is at least of an equivalent standard to that required under paragraph (a).

If Energy Safe Victoria is satisfied that a person has demonstrated qualifications, experience, competence and proficiency in some of the electrical inspection work in a class referred to in subregulation (1), Energy Safe Victoria, by condition imposed on the licence, may specify the types of electrical inspection work that the person may carry out under the licence.

If the applicant is applying for an electrical inspector's licence for the first time or applying to renew a licence that has been expired for more than 5 years, the practical or theory examinations required by subregulation (1)(a)(iii) must have been satisfactorily completed within 5 years of the date of the application.