Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY SAFETY (NETWORK ASSETS) REGULATIONS 1999

S.R. No. 141/1999
Version incorporating amendments as at 14 March 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Regulation Page

   PART 1-PRELIMINARY

   1.      Objectives
   2.      Authorising provisions
   3.      Commencement
   4.      Revocation
   5.      Definitions
   6.      Exemptions

   PART 2-REPORTING AND AUDIT

   7.      Notification of serious electrical incidents
   8.      Reporting of incidents
   9.      Certain plans required and information to be given

   PART 3-DUTIES OF NETWORK OPERATORS

   10.     Section 75 of the Act applies to this Part
   11.     Automatic disconnecting devices
   12.     Location of earth
   13.     Minimum distances between aerial lines and the ground
   14.     Minimum distances between aerial lines and parts of buildings
           or structures
   15.     Minimum distances for low voltage insulated conductors supported along the façade of a building or structure
   16.     Minimum distances between aerial lines and parts of railway systems
   17.     Minimum distances between aerial lines and parts of tramway systems
   18.     Minimum distances between conductors of aerial lines
   19.     Minimum distances between aerial lines and water accessible
           to boats
   20.     Construction of underground lines
   21.     Mechanical protection of underground lines above the ground
   22.     Substations
   23.     Earthing and electrical protection
   24.     Access and warning signs
   25.     Poles and towers
   26.     Marking of network assets
   27.     Inspection and testing
   28.     Operation and maintenance
   29.     Standard of the Upstream Network

   PART 4-DUTIES OF THE PUBLIC

   30.     Application
   31.     Sporting activities
   32.     Aircraft
   33.     Entangled objects
   34.     Blasting and fires
   35.     Protection of underground network assets from damage
   36.     Excavating
   37.     Altering levels
   38.     Minimum distances between parts of buildings, structures, scaffolding and posts and aerial lines of network operators
   39.     Minimum distances between materials and network assets
   40.     Minimum distances between vehicles, plant, machinery and vessels and overhead network assets
   41.     Minimum distances between transported loads and overhead network assets
   42.     Minimum distances between conductors of aerial lines and network assets
   43.     Minimum distances between persons and conductors of aerial lines of network operators
   44.     Placing of materials
   45.     Tree clearing
   46.     Damage and interference

   PART 5-TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   47.     Exemption for existing aerial lines
   48.     Exemption for existing d.c. aerial conductors under bridges and roads
   49.     Exemption for existing underground lines
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           SCHEDULE 1-Electrical Incident Confirmation Form
           SCHEDULE 2-Electrical Incident Report Form
           SCHEDULE 3-Classification of Roads
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details