ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 78 Protection of underground electric lines
ELECTRICITY SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 78
Protection of underground electric linesA person must not make any opening in the ground above an underground electric line so as to endanger the electric line unless authorised to do so by the person who controls that electric line.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 20 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 100 penalty units.
Pt 8 (Heading) amended by No. 55/2010 s. 16.
Part 8—Bushfire mitigation requirements for
certain operators and
electric line clearance
Division 1—General