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New operating
structure for ESV
By Michelle Robertson, Senior Advisor
Media and Communications
ESV has changed its structure to deliver
better technical and regulatory services to
the gas, electricity and pipeline industries.
On 1 July the Gas Installation and Appliance
Safety division merged with Gas Pipeline
Infrastructure Safety to create a new division,
Gas and Pipeline Safety.
The Electricity Infrastructure Safety division
and the Electrical Equipment and Electricity
Installations sections also merged to create
a new division, Electricity Safety.
A new Risk and Assurance division has been
established, reflecting the critical roles that data
and information play in regulating Victoria’s gas
and electrical industries.
An executive search is underway to appoint
leaders for the new divisions. The Electrical
Licensing and Certificates of Electrical Safety
(COES) sections will continue to be led by
Neil Fraser.
ESV Director and CEO Paul Fearon said
the restructure is the result of detailed reviews
over the past 12 months.
“It is an exciting time to be a regulator as
we are challenged by a range of issues including
evolving technologies, renewable energy,
climate change and our new responsibilities
in administering the recently amended Bushfire
Mitigation Regulations,” said Mr Fearon.
“We have reviewed ESV’s structure to
ensure it remains a modern and effective safety
regulator that meets the expectations of industry,
community and government.”
Winter 2016
energysafe issue 44
Restaurant
prosecuted
for unsafe gas
installations
By Paul Harris, Operations Manager
Gas Pipeline Safety and Technical
Regulation
Future-focused: ESV CEO Paul Fearon announced
a new structure for the regulator in July.
ESV will continue to provide the same services
to industry and members of the public.
Click here for more information
about ESV’s work
ESV recently prosecuted Gold Leaf
(Preston) Restaurants Pty Ltd in the
Broadmeadows Magistrates Court for
breaching a gas disconnection notice.
ESV took legal action against the
company after a gas inspector visited the
Gold Leaf Restaurant in High Street Preston
in November and found uncertified gas
yum cha trolleys.
The inspector noted that the yum cha
trolleys were unsafe due to the rubber
piping and the location of the gas bottles.
He also noted that the trolleys were not
approved for importation or use in Australia.
A disconnection notice was issued stating
the trolleys were not to be used.
Despite a follow-up email sent later
that day confirming that the disconnection
notice had been issued, a subsequent
inspection some weeks later found two
trollies remained connected and in use.