New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY (CONSUMER SAFETY) REGULATION 2006 - REG 38

38 Interference with site of serious electrical accident: section 36 (c) of Act

For the purposes of section 36 (c) of the Act, a person may disturb or interfere with the site of a serious electrical accident if:

(a) the person has the permission of an inspector within the meaning of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 , or

(b) the person has the permission of an inspector within the meaning of the Electricity Supply Act 1995 , or

(c) the person is taking action:

(i) to help or remove a trapped or injured person or to remove a body, or

(ii) to avoid injury to a person or damage to property, or

(iii) for the purposes of a police investigation or coronial inquiry.