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ELECTRICITY SAFETY (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING) REGULATIONS 2020 (SR NO 136 OF 2020) - REG 7

Applications for a grant of registration as an electrical contractor or renewal of registration

    (1)     A person may apply to Energy Safe Victoria for registration or renewal of registration as an electrical contractor.

    (2)     An application for registration must be in writing and contain or be accompanied by the following—

        (a)     the applicant's name, telephone number, email address and the address of the applicant's residence and place of business;

        (b)     if the applicant will not be responsible for the effective supervision of electrical installation work or only electrical switchgear fitting work carried out on behalf of the applicant—

              (i)     the name of the person who the         applicant nominates to be the nominated technical supervisor who will be responsible for that work; and

              (ii)     a declaration of each person nominated to be a technical supervisor of electrical contracting work that sets out the person's name, telephone number, email address and residential address and the person's consent to be such a supervisor;

        (c)     if the applicant will not be responsible for the business management and administration of the electrical contracting work—

              (i)     the name of the person who the applicant nominates to be the business supervisor responsible for that management and administration; and

              (ii)     a declaration of the person nominated to be the business supervisor of electrical contracting work that sets out the person's name, telephone number, email address and residential address and the person's consent to be such a supervisor;

        (d)     if the applicant will use a business name that is not the applicant's name—

              (i)     the details of the business name that the applicant will use; and

              (ii)     documentary evidence that the business name is registered in the Business Names Register and that the registration is held in the applicant's name;

        (e)     the ABN the applicant will use;

        (f)     if the applicant is a member of a partnership—

              (i)     the name, telephone number, email address and residential address of each member of the partnership; and

              (ii)     a signed statement from each member of the partnership stating that they consent to the applicant's application and agree to be bound by the conditions of registration set out in regulation 13 and the obligations set out in regulation 14;

        (g)     in the case of an applicant which is a body corporate—

              (i)     a copy of the certificate of registration of the company under the Corporations Act; and

              (ii)     the name and address of each director of the body corporate; and

              (iii)     evidence that any person making an application on behalf of the body corporate is authorised to do so; and

              (iv)     the ABN or ARBN (if applicable) of the body corporate;    

        (h)     evidence of the qualifications required by regulation 10 that the applicant relies on for registration;

              (i)     a statement that the applicant holds or will hold, at the time of carrying on electrical contracting, the insurance required by section 30 of the Act.

    (3)     An application for renewal of registration must be in writing and contain or be accompanied by the following—

        (a)     details of any changes in the information provided in the original application for the registration or for the most recent renewal of the registration or in any other circumstances relating to the application;

        (b)     a statement that the applicant holds or will hold, at the time of carrying on electrical contracting, the insurance required by section 30 of the Act.

    (4)     Energy Safe Victoria may require the applicant to provide further information or material in respect of an application.



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