Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Regulations

UTILITY NETWORKS (PUBLIC SAFETY) REGULATION 2001 - NOTES

(see s 3)

Note 1     The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.

Note 2     For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1 defines the following terms:

              •     penalty unit (s 133)

              •     territory land.

Note 3     Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Utilities Act 2000 (see Legislation Act, s 148.) For example, the following terms are defined in the Utilities Act 2000, dict:

              •     network facility

              •     utility.

"aerial cable" means any insulated or covered conductor or assembly of cores (with or without protective covering) that is above ground or water, suspended in the open air between 2 or more supports and forms part of an electricity network.

"aerial conductor" means any bare conductor that is above ground or water, suspended in the open air between 2 or more supports and forms part of an electricity network.

"aerial line" means an aerial cable, aerial conductor or aerial service line.

"aerial service line" means the final span or section of a low voltage aerial conductor of an upstream network that is connected to a point of supply.

"conductor" means a finished circular stranded assembly consisting of 3 or more metallic wires laid up together that has the specific function of carrying electrical current.

"covered conductor" means a conductor around which is applied a specified thickness of insulating material.

"electricity network facility" means any part of the infrastructure of an electricity network.

"gas network facility" means any part of the infrastructure of a gas network.

"insulated", for a thing, means the thing is surrounded by a nonconducting substance that provides resistance to—

        (a)     the passage of current; or

        (b)     disruptive discharges through or over the surface of the thing at the operating voltage; or

        (c)     the injurious leakage of current.

"sewerage network facility "means any part of the infrastructure of a sewerage network.

"structure" means a thing constructed by people and attached to land, or buried within land.

"U", for an aerial line, means its nominal voltage.

"switchgear" means the equipment for controlling the distribution of electrical energy or for controlling or protecting circuits, machines, transformers or other equipment.

"water network facility "means any part of the infrastructure of a water network.

"< "means less than.

≤ means less than or equal to.

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance
amdt = amendment	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
cl = section	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
dict = dictionary	(prev...) = previously
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	pt = part
Assembly	r = rule/subrule
div = division	s = section/subsection
exp = expires/expired	renum = renumbered
Gaz = gazette	reloc = relocated
hdg = heading	R[X] = Republication No
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	RI = reissue
ins = inserted/added	s = section/subsection
LA = Legislation Act 2001	sch = schedule
LR = legislation register	sdiv = subdivision
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sub = substituted
mod = modified/modification	SL = Subordinate Law
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired

3     Legislation history

This regulation was originally the Utility Networks (Public Safety) Regulations 2001. It was renamed under the Legislation Act.

Utility Networks (Public Safety) Regulation 2001 SL 2001 No 28

notified 23 August 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 34)

s 1, s 2 commenced 23 August 2001 (IA s 10B)

remainder commenced 11 September 2001 (s 2 and Gaz 2001 No S69)

as amended by

Statute Law Amendment Act 2002 No 30 pt 3.89

notified LR 16 September 2002

s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 19 May 1997 (LA s 75 (2))

pt 3.89 commenced 17 September 2002 (s 2 (1))

Construction Occupations Legislation Amendment Act 2004 A2004-13 sch 2 pt 2.26

notified LR 26 March 2004
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 March 2004 (LA s 75 (1))

sch 2 pt 2.26 commenced 1 September 2004 (s 2 and see Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004 A2004-12, s 2 and CN2004-8)

4     Amendment history

Name of regulation
s 1     am R4 LA

Commencement
s 2     om LA s 89 (4)

Clearances from aerial lines—people
s 18     am A2004-13 amdt 2.91; table renum R3 LA

Clearances from aerial lines—structures
s 19     table renum R3 LA

Clearances from aerial conductors—flammable materials
s 20     table renum R3 LA

clearances from aerial lines—nonflammable materials
s 21     table renum R3 LA

Clearances from aerial lines—vehicles
s 23     table renum R3 LA

Clearances from aerial lines—mobile plant, vessels
s 24     table renum R3 LA

Clearances from aerial lines—vegetation
s 25     table renum R3 LA

Dictionary
dict     am Act 2002 No 30 amdt 3.977

5     Earlier republications

Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.

Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Except for the footer, electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

Republication No	Amendments to	Republication date
1	not amended	11 September 2001
2	A2002-30	3 October 2002
3	A2004-13	1 September 2004

© Australian Capital Territory 2004

Australian Capital Territory

SL2001-28

Republication No 4

Effective: 2 November 2004

Republication date: 2 November 2004

Last amendment made by A2004-13
(republication includes editorial amendments
under Legislation Act)




Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Utility Networks (Public Safety) Regulation 2001, made under the Utilities Act 2000 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 2 November 2004. It also includes any amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law to 2 November 2004.

              • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

              • unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—

(a) if the person charged is an individual—$100; or

(b) if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

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Endnotes

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