After regulation 19 of the Principal Regulations , the following Part is inserted:

PART 8 - Energy Efficiency

20.     Energy efficiency standard

(1)  For the purposes of section 58 of the Act –

(a) the relevant classes of electrical articles are the classes of electrical equipment in respect of which standards of energy efficiency and performance are specified in regulation 6 of the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 of Victoria as in force from time to time; and

(b) the relevant minimum standard of energy efficiency for an electrical article of a class referred to in paragraph (a) is the standard of energy efficiency and performance specified in respect of that class in those regulations.

(2)  A relevant class fixed under subregulation (1)(a) is limited to electrical articles that are not second-hand goods within the meaning of the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1994 .

21.     Articles to be labelled with energy efficiency standard

(1)  For the purposes of section 59 of the Act –

(a) the relevant classes of electrical articles are the classes of electrical equipment specified in Schedule 3 to the Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999 of Victoria as in force from time to time; and

(b) an electrical article of a class referred to in paragraph (a) is to be labelled in accordance with regulation 16(1) of those regulations.

(2)  A relevant class fixed under subregulation (1)(a) is limited to electrical articles that are not second-hand goods within the meaning of the Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1994 .

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 25 June 2003

These regulations are administered in the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Regulations 1999 by –

(a) prescribing for the purposes of section 58 of the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997  –

(i) the classes of electrical articles that must comply with a minimum standard of energy efficiency; and

(ii) the minimum standard of energy efficiency for those classes; and

(b) prescribing for the purposes of section 59 of the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997  –

(i) the classes of electrical articles that must be labelled to indicate their energy efficiency; and

(ii) the form of the label for those classes.