Compliance by state

Electrical safety checks for Victorian rental properties

Victorian rental providers must have every electrical installation, appliance and fitting they supply checked by a licensed or registered electrician at least every 2 years, under regulation 30 and Schedule 1 of the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021. The record must show the electrician's name, licence number, the date and the results, and be kept until the next check.

Last checked 25 Sep 2026 against the sources listed at the end of this page.

Official name

Electrical safety check (rental premises)

Regulator

Consumer Affairs Victoria (tenancy law) and Energy Safe Victoria (electrician licensing)

Who issues it

A licensed or registered electrician engaged by the rental provider

When

Standing duty: every rented premises with rental provider supplied electrical installations, appliances or fittings, on a rolling 2 year cycle

Deadline

A check every 2 years, or as soon as practicable if the last check is more than 2 years old when a renter moves in

Lodgement

No lodgement with a regulator. The rental provider keeps the record and must give the renter a copy within 7 days of a written request

Keep records for

Kept until the next check replaces it

Penalty

The record keeping requirements sit under section 68B of the Residential Tenancies Act 1997. The Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 do not themselves state a penalty unit figure for this duty, so confirm the current offence provision under the Act before quoting a number to a client.

Homeowner? If you rent in Victoria, you can ask your rental provider in writing for the date of the last electrical safety check, and for a copy of it, and they have 7 days to give you the copy.

What the certificate must show

• The electrician's name
• The electrician's licence or registration number
• The date the check was conducted
• The results, including any repairs required and the action taken
• A report prepared in accordance with section 2 of AS/NZS 3019

Produce it from a ServiceM8 job

1. Create a client and site record for each rented property, tagged Rental provider managed, so recurring jobs can be filtered separately from owner occupier work.
2. Set up a recurring job template, Electrical safety check AS/NZS 3019, on a 2 year cycle from the last check date for each property.
3. Build a form capturing the electrician's name, licence number, date, AS/NZS 3019 section 4 results and repairs required, matching regulation 30(2).
4. Attach the completed form PDF to the job diary and set the diary as the record the property manager can pull on request.
5. Add a badge or job status the office can filter on to answer a renter's written request for the most recent check date within the 7 day window.
6. For new managements, add an intake question asking when the property last had a check, so the first job can be brought forward if it is already overdue.
7. Run one property through the whole cycle, from job creation to the stored PDF, before rolling it out across the rent roll.