s. 83BA (b) in a hazardous bushfire risk area; means the operator of an at-risk specified operator electric line but does not include a major electricity company. Subdivision 2—General duties in relation to bushfire mitigation plans 83B General duty of specified operators to minimise S. 83B bushfire danger substituted by No. 55/2010 (1) A specified operator must design, construct, s. 17. operate, maintain and decommission an at-risk electric line to minimise as far as practicable the bushfire danger arising from that line. In the case of a natural person, 300 penalty units; In the case of a body corporate, 1500 penalty units. (2) It is a defence to a prosecution of a specified operator for an offence relating to a breach of a duty or obligation set out in subsection (1) if the operator has complied with the accepted bushfire mitigation plan in relation to that duty or obligation. 83BA Submission of bushfire mitigation plans for S. 83BA inserted by acceptance No. 55/2010 s. 17. (1) A specified operator must, before 1 July in each year, prepare and submit to Energy Safe Victoria, for acceptance under Subdivision 3, a plan for the operator's proposals for the mitigation of bushfire in relation to the operator's at-risk electric lines. In the case of a natural person, 300 penalty units; In the case of a body corporate, 1500 penalty units.
(b) in a hazardous bushfire risk area; specified operator means the operator of an at-risk electric line but does not include a major electricity company. Subdivision 2—General duties in relation to bushfire mitigation plans S. 83B substituted by No. 55/2010 s. 17. 83B General duty of specified operators to minimise bushfire danger (1) A specified operator must design, construct, operate, maintain and decommission an at-risk electric line to minimise as far as practicable the bushfire danger arising from that line. In the case of a natural person, 300 penalty units; In the case of a body corporate, 1500 penalty units. (2) It is a defence to a prosecution of a specified operator for an offence relating to a breach of a duty or obligation set out in subsection (1) if the operator has complied with the accepted bushfire mitigation plan in relation to that duty or obligation. S. 83BA inserted by No. 55/2010 s. 17. 83BA Submission of bushfire mitigation plans for acceptance s. 83BA (1) A specified operator must, before 1 July in each year, prepare and submit to Energy Safe Victoria, for acceptance under Subdivision 3, a plan for the operator's proposals for the mitigation of bushfire in relation to the operator's at-risk electric lines. In the case of a natural person, 300 penalty units; In the case of a body corporate, 1500 penalty units.
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