(1)  The Director may request a responsible supplier, who at any time during the relevant period has supplied or offered to supply level 3 in-scope electrical equipment or level 3 in-scope electrical equipment as a component of electrical equipment, to provide a certificate of conformity for the electrical equipment.

(2)  The responsible supplier must, within 10 business days after receiving a request under subsection (1) , supply the certificate of conformity in respect of the electrical equipment.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 150 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3)  Subsection (2) does not apply if –

(a) the person who supplied the level 3 in-scope electrical equipment to the responsible supplier is registered under a corresponding law of New Zealand; and

(b) the electrical equipment at the time of its importation was registered as being supplied by the person who supplied the electrical equipment to the responsible supplier under a corresponding law of New Zealand.

(4)  Subsection (2) does not apply to a responsible supplier who supplied level 3 in-scope electrical equipment or level 3 in-scope electrical equipment as a component of electrical equipment imported from a body corporate outside of Australia if –

(a) the responsible supplier is a related body corporate of an NZ body corporate; and

(b) the NZ body corporate is a registered responsible supplier; and

(c) the electrical equipment is registered in the Register as electrical equipment supplied by the NZ body corporate.

(5)  In this section, relevant period means a period beginning on the date of issue of a certificate of conformity and ending on the date that is 5 years after the day of the expiry of the certificate of conformity.