ELECTRICITY SAFETY (CORROSION PROTECTION) REGULATION 2003 - REG 3 Definitions

This legislation has been repealed.

ELECTRICITY SAFETY (CORROSION PROTECTION) REGULATION 2003 - REG 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:

"approval" means an approval in force under Part 2.

"approved system" means a corrosion protection system the subject of an approval.

"compact structure" means a structure (such as a storage tank) whose greatest dimension, being a dimension of height, length or breadth, is no greater than 5 times the size of the smallest of those dimensions.

"corrosion protection system" has the same meaning as in the Act.

"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Ministry.

"Director-General's guidelines" means the guidelines for the time being approved by the Director-General under clause 13.

"foreign structure", in relation to a corrosion protection system, means any metallic structure (other than the primary structure that the system is installed to protect) that is situated in the vicinity of the system, whether in or on the ground or in or on water.

"galvanic anode system" means a corrosion protection system that operates by means of galvanic anodes within the meaning of AS/NZS 2832.1:1998, Cathodic Protection of Metals--Pipes and Cables , as in force for the time being and published by Standards Australia.

"interference test" means an electrical test that indicates the risk of corrosion to a foreign structure by a corrosion protection system.

"Ministry" means the Ministry of Energy and Utilities.

"primary structure", in relation to a corrosion protection system, means the structure that the corrosion protection system is installed to protect.

"the Act" means the Electricity Supply Act 1995 .

(2) A person is taken to operate a corrosion protection system for the purposes of this Regulation if:

(a) the person has control over a corrosion protection system that has been installed to protect a structure, and

(b) current flows between the system and the structure.

(3) Notes in the text of this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.