Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) Within one business day after being advised by a relevant customer that a life support resident resides, or is intending to reside, at the relevant customer's premises, an exempt electricity seller must record in a register of life support customers and residents the life support customer details.
(2) An exempt electricity seller who is advised by a relevant customer that a life support resident resides, or is intending to reside, at the relevant customer's premises must, if the life support equipment required by the life support resident is powered by electricity and gas, inform the customer within one business day after being advised, that the customer should inform the gas retailer supplying gas at the relevant customer's premises that the customer is a life support customer.
(3) Within 5 business days after being advised by a relevant customer that a life support resident resides, or is intending to reside, at the relevant customer's premises, an exempt electricity seller must give the relevant customer, in accordance with an applicable Code, the information specified under an applicable Code for the purposes of this subsection.
(4) If—
(a) a relevant customer advises an exempt electricity seller that a life support resident resides, or is intending to reside, at the relevant customer's premises; and
(b) the exempt electricity seller purchases electricity from a retailer to sell to the relevant customer—
the exempt electricity seller must, within one business day after being advised, give the retailer the details specified under an applicable Code for the purposes of this subsection.
(5) If—
(a) a relevant customer advises an exempt electricity seller that a life support resident resides, or is intending to reside, at the relevant customer's premises; and
(b) the exempt electricity seller purchases electricity from a retailer to sell to the relevant customer; and
(c) that electricity is distributed by an exempt distributor—
the exempt electricity seller must, within one business day after that advice, give the exempt distributor the details specified under an applicable Code for the purposes of this subsection.
(5A) An exempt electricity seller who contravenes subsection (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) commits an offence against that subsection and is liable to a penalty not exceeding—
(a) in the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment; or
(b) in the case of a body corporate, 600 penalty units.
S. 40SJ(5B) repealed by No. 18/2024 s. 38(1).
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(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to an exempt electricity seller in the circumstances specified under an applicable Code.
Note to s. 40SJ repealed by No. 18/2024 s. 38(2).
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S. 40SK inserted by No. 28/2021 s. 9 (as amended by No. 41/2021 ss 94– 103).