Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019 (Vic)
Version No. 002
Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019
S.R. No. 113/2019
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 November 2023
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
Part 1—Preliminary
Division 1—Introduction
101Objectives
102Authorising provisions
103Commencement
104Revocations
Division 2—Definitions and interpretation
105Definitions
106When is a person competent to perform a task?
107Interpretation
108Application of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules
Part 2—Electrical installations
Division 1—Wiring methods for electrical installations
201Application
202General wiring methods for electrical installations
203Electrical installations installed before commencement of these Regulations
204Alternative design solution
Division 2—Additional obligations for certain types of electrical installation work
205High voltage electrical installation work
206Electrical installation work in patient areas
Division 3—Additional general wiring requirements
207Control of electrical installations
208Earthing systems
209Main earthing conductor
210Connection of consumer billing meters and neutral conductors
211Premises with consumer electricity generation systems
212Battery systems
213Electric security fences
214Electricity supplies—construction and demolition sites
Division 4—Segregation and labelling of electricity supplies and wiring
215Multiple occupancy buildings and subdivisions—supplies to individual occupiers' portions
216Wiring passing through individual occupiers' portions
217Wiring passing through other allotments
218Properties with multiple points of supply
Division 5—Underground electric lines
219Route of underground lines
220Minimum depths of high voltage underground lines and underground lines on public land and on private land not owned or leased by the owner of the line
221Mechanical protection of underground lines above the ground on public land and on private land not owned or leased by the owner of the line
Division 6—Consumer's mains
222Consumer's mains not to enter or cross contiguous property
223Protection of underground consumer's mains
224Construction of underground consumer's mains
225Mechanical cover of consumer's mains
226Construction of underground consumer's mains within a structure
227Construction of underground consumer's mains on the exterior of a building or structure
228Insulation resistance of underground consumer's mains
Division 7—Aerial lines and pole mounted substations
229Minimum distances between aerial lines and the ground or water
230Minimum distance from the ground for substations
231Construction and maintenance of poles and towers
232Marking of electric lines
Division 8—Private electric lines
233Prescribed voltage
234Private electric lines in hazardous bushfire risk areas
235Existing private service lines in hazardous bushfire risk areas—alternative compliance
236Private aerial lines—construction requirements
237Emergency restoration of private aerial lines in high bushfire risk areas
Division 9—Façade mounted wiring
238High voltage conductors must not be supported along the façade of a building or structure
239Low voltage conductors supported along the façade of a building or structure
Division 10—Testing of electrical installation work
240General testing requirements for low voltage electrical installation work
241Testing of underground consumer's mains
242Testing of electrical installation work in patient areas
243Testing of photovoltaic arrays
244Testing of battery systems
245Testing of grid-connected inverter energy systems
246Testing of high voltage electrical installation work
247Persons authorised to carry out testing
248Results of testing of high-voltage electrical installation work
Division 11—Inspection of electrical installation work
249Electrical installation work that must be inspected
250Inspection of prescribed electrical installation work
251Certificates of inspection
252Details to be accurate and legible—certificate of inspection
253Obligations of licensed electrical inspectors
254Notification of completion of certificate of inspection
255Licensed electrical inspectors must retain a copy of certificates of inspection
256Licensed electrical inspectors must not inspect their own work
257Licensed electrical inspectors must not inspect work if involved with the design of the work
258Installation work responsible person must not use an employee to inspect any work they are responsible for
259Notification of defects by inspectors
260Inspector must note defects on certificate of inspection
261Certificates of compliance
262Details to be accurate and legible—certificate of compliance
263Notification of completion of certificate of compliance
264Installation work responsible person must retain a copy of certificates of compliance
265Authorised amount—certificates of electrical safety
Part 3—Electricity suppliers
301Safety services
302Service lines and directly connected installations
303Installation of protective equipment
304Suppliers must ensure use of double insulation
305Supply of electricity to premises
Part 4—Reporting and records
401Reporting of serious electrical incidents
402Reporting of other electrical incidents—accidental contact and electric shock
403Reporting of serious electrical incidents—fire control authorities
404Reporting of electrical incidents (other than serious electrical incidents)—fire control authorities
405Records to be maintained
Part 5—Electrical safety duties and safety standards
Division 1—Safety standards and general duties
501Safety standards—high voltage electrical installations
502Safety standards—complex electrical installations
503Safety standard—railway and tramway supply networks
504Safety standard—embedded networks
505Safety standard—patient areas
Division 2—Maintenance duties related to private aerial lines
506Private aerial line maintenance
Division 3—Supervision duties
507Supervision of apprentices carrying out electrical installation work
Division 4—Duties related to electrical installation work carried out on energised electrical equipment
508Who is a person conducting a business or undertaking under this Division?
509Electrical installation work carried out on energised electrical equipment may only be permitted in particular circumstances
510Preliminary steps before carrying out electrical installation work on energised electrical equipment
511How electrical installation work is to be carried out on energised electrical equipment
Part 6—Duties of the public
601Application of Part—protected installations
602Application of Part—protected supply networks
603Protected infrastructure—striking objects
604Protected infrastructure—aircraft, kites, remotely piloted aircraft etc.
605Protected infrastructure—entangled objects
606Protected infrastructure—blasting and fires
607Damage to underground portion of protected infrastructure
608Protected infrastructure—excavating
609Protected infrastructure and protected aerial lines—altering levels
610Minimum distances between parts of buildings, structures, scaffolding and posts and protected aerial lines
611Minimum distances between materials, protected aerial lines and protected infrastructure
612Minimum distances between parts of vehicles, vessels, plant, machinery and protected aerial lines
613Minimum distances between transported loads and protected aerial lines
614Minimum distances between persons and protected aerial lines
615Compliance with Blue Book and Orange Book when working on or near high voltage electrical equipment or on or near a railway or tramway supply network
616Protected infrastructure—vegetation management work
617Protected aerial line—pruning, cutting and felling vegetation
618Protected infrastructure—damage and interference
619Placing of materials
Part 7—Exemptions
701Exemptions—Electrical installation work
702Exemptions—Electricity suppliers
703Exemptions—Duties of the public
Part 8—Infringement offences
801Offences for which infringement notices may be served
802Infringement penalties
Schedule 1—Revocations
Schedule 2—Infringement offences and infringement penalties
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Endnotes
1 General information
2 Table of Amendments
3 Explanatory details
Version No. 002
Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019
S.R. No. 113/2019
Version incorporating amendments as at
1 November 2023
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
Division 1—Introduction
101Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are—
(a)to prescribe the methods to be followed in carrying out electrical installation work; and
(b)to prescribe the quality of materials, fittings and apparatus to be used in connection with electrical installations; and
(c)to provide for the inspection of prescribed electrical installation work; and
(d)to provide for the testing and certification of electrical installation work; and
(e)to prescribe standards for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of electrical installations, railway and tramway supply networks, embedded networks and patient areas; and
(f)to provide for the protection of persons from risk, and property from damage, associated with the generation, transmission, distribution and use of electricity; and
(g)to prescribe certain provisions of these Regulations that create offences as provisions in respect of which infringement notices may be served; and
(h)to prescribe fees, penalties and other matters authorised by the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
102Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 149, 151, 151A, 152 and 157 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
103Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 6 December 2019.
104Revocations
The Regulations listed in Schedule 1 are revoked.
Division 2—Definitions and interpretation
105Definitions
In these Regulations—
accessorieshas the same meaning as "accessory" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
active conductor has the same meaning as "active" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
aerial bundled cable means an insulated conductor manufactured in accordance with the specifications set out in any of the following—
(a)AS/NZS 3560.1;
(b)AS/NZS 3560.2;
(c)AS/NZS 3599.1;
(d)AS/NZS 3599.2;
aerial linemeans a conductor placed above the ground or water and in open air;
alternative design solution means a design and installation method adopted under regulation 204;
alternative supply has the same meaning as "supply, alternative" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
apprenticemeans a person deemed to be licensed under section 39 of the Act;
AS 1074means AS 1074 Steel tubes and tubulars for ordinary service, as published or amended from time to time;
AS 2067means AS 2067 Substations and high voltage installations exceeding 1 kV a.c., as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 2053.2 means AS/NZS 2053.2 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations Part 2: Rigid plain conduits and fittings of insulating material, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 2053.3 means AS/NZS 2053.3 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations Part 3: Rigid plain conduits and fittings of fibre-reinforced concrete material, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 2053.5 means AS/NZS 2053.5 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations Part 5: Corrugated conduits and fittings of insulating material, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 2053.6 means AS/NZS 2053.6 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations Part 6: Profile-wall, smooth-bore conduits and fittings of insulating material, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 3003 means AS/NZS 3003 Electrical installations—Patient areas, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 3007 means AS/NZS 3007 Electrical equipment in mines and quarries—Surface installations and associated processing plant, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 3013 means AS/NZS 3013 Electrical installations—Classification of the fire and mechanical performance of wiring system elements, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 3016 means AS/NZS 3016 Electrical installations—Electric security fences, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 3560.1 means AS/NZS 3560.1 Electric cables—Cross-linked polyethylene insulated—Aerial bundled—For working voltages up to and including 0·6/1(1·2) kV Part 1: Aluminium conductors, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 3560.2 means AS/NZS 3560.2 Electric cables—Cross-linked polyethylene insulated—Aerial bundled—For working voltages up to and including 0·6/1(1·2) kV Part 2: Copper conductors, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 3599.1 means AS/NZS 3599.1 Electric cables—Aerial bundled—Polymeric insulated—Voltages 6.35/11(12) kV and 12.7/22(24) kV Part 1: Metallic screened, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 3599.2 means AS/NZS 3599.2 Electric cables—Aerial bundled—Polymeric insulated—Voltages 6.35/11(12) kV and 12.7/22(24) kV Part 2: Non-metallic screened, as published or amended from time to time;
AS 3600means AS 3600 Concrete structures, as published or amended from time to time;
AS 3891.1means AS 3891.1 Air navigation—Cables and their supporting structures—Marking and safety requirements Part 1: Permanent marking of overhead cables and their supporting structures for other than planned low-level flying, as published or amended from time to time;
AS 3891.2means AS 3891.2 Air navigation—Cables and their supporting structures—Marking and safety requirements Part 2: Low level aviation operations, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 4680 means AS/NZS 4680 Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on fabricated ferrous articles, as published or amended from time to time;
AS 4702means AS 4702 Polymeric cable protection covers, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 4792 means AS/NZS 4792 Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on ferrous hollow sections, applied by a continuous or a specialized process, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 5033 means AS/NZS 5033 Installation and safety requirements for photovoltaic (PV) arrays, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 5139 means AS/NZS 5139 Electrical installations—Safety of battery systems for use with power conversion equipment, as published or amended from time to time;
AS/NZS 7000 means AS/NZS 7000 Overhead line design, as published or amended from time to time;
Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules means AS/NZS 3000 Electrical installations, as published or amended from time to time;
bare open wire or bare, in relation to an aerial line, means uninsulated conductors supported by insulators;
battery system means a battery or battery energy storage system that has—
(a)a nominal operating voltage exceeding 12 volts direct current; and
(b)an individual or combined rated storage capacity equal to or greater than one kilowatt hour;
battery energy storage system has the same meaning as "battery energy storage system BESS" has in AS/NZS 5139;
common area means a portion of a multiple occupancy that is not an individual occupier's portion;
common property has the same meaning as it has in the Owners Corporations Act 2006;
communication equipment includes data transfer equipment, security system equipment, intercom and public address system equipment, nurse call system equipment and audio-visual equipment;
compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit means a heavy duty non-metallic conduit that complies with the specifications set out in any of the following—
(a)AS/NZS 2053.2;
(b)AS/NZS 2053.3;
(c)AS/NZS 2053.5;
(d)AS/NZS 2053.6;
conductorhas the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
conductor cover means a pipe or tube that is applied to a conductor to provide a protective barrier;
conductor spreader means an insulated rod used to maintain the clearances between the bare open wire conductors of a low voltage private aerial line;
consumer billing meter means a device that measures and records the production or consumption of electricity and is used by an electricity supplier to determine the amount of electricity consumed by or supplied by a consumer;
consumer electricity generation system means a generation system that is connected to an electrical installation that is intended to supply electricity, either continually or occasionally, to all or part of that electrical installation, but does not include a generation system with an installed or nameplate capacity of 30 megawatts or more;
consumer's mains
has the same meaning as "consumer mains" has in the Australian/
New Zealand Wiring Rules;
consumer's terminals means the connection devices used for the connection of an electrical installation to the supply network of a major electricity company or an interstate electricity supplier;
covered, in relation to an aerial line, means an aerial line (other than an insulated aerial line) comprised of conductors that are fitted with a conductor cover;
Note
Conductor cover is defined in this regulation.
d.c. traction conductor means an overhead tram trolley wire, a train contact wire or a tram or train catenary or traction feeder that operates on direct current but does not include tram and train negative conductors that are installed on or below the ground;
distribution board means a switchboard other than a main switchboard;
distribution network means a supply network (generally at nominal voltage levels of 66 000 volts or below) that is used to distribute electricity to electrical installations;
domestic electrical installation has the same meaning as "Electrical installation, domestic" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
double insulation has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
effective supervision, in relation to electrical work, means—
(a)being present at the site of the electrical work to the extent necessary to ensure that the work is being correctly performed and carried out in accordance with the Act and these Regulations; and
(b)being aware of the details of the work being performed and giving detailed instructions and directions with respect to the work;
electrical fault has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
electricity supplier includes distribution companies;
embedded network has the same meaning as it has in the Metering Code;
emergency lift means a lift intended to operate in an emergency;
Essential Services Commission means the Essential Services Commission established under the Essential Services Commission Act 2001;
extra low voltage means a voltage not exceeding—
(a)50 volts alternating current; or
(b)120 volts ripple-free direct current;
fire pumpmeans an electrically-driven fire hydrant booster pump, a pump for an automatic sprinkler, water spray, deluge or similar fire extinguishing system and—
(a)includes a pump for fire hose reels if those fire hose reels are the only means of fire protection for a premises;
(b)does not include a pump used to establish and maintain pressure in a fire hydrant or fire extinguishing system provided that any fire hydrant or fire extinguishing system does not rely on that pump for its water supply;
grid-connected inverter system means a system containing an inverter that is capable of being connected in parallel with the supply network of an electricity supplier;
hazardous area
has the same meaning as "Area, hazardous" has in the Australian/
New Zealand Wiring Rules;
high voltage means a voltage exceeding low voltage;
horizontally constructed, in relation to an aerial line, means a construction method where the individual conductors of an aerial line are supported by insulators mounted on crossarms;
individual occupier's portion means a portion of a multiple electrical installation that is—
(a)under the control of an individual occupier; or
(b)designed to be under the control of an individual occupier;
installation work responsible person means the person who is responsible for the carrying out of electrical installation work under section 41A of the Act;
interstate electricity supplier means a person who—
(a)engages in the distribution or supply of electricity in Victoria; and
(b)owns or operates a distribution network in Victoria along which electricity supplied from an adjacent State is conveyed; and
(c)is exempted by an Order under section 17 of the Electricity Industry Act 2000 from the requirement to obtain a licence under that Act in respect of the distribution or supply of electricity;
insulated, in relation to an aerial line, means an aerial line (other than a covered aerial line) comprised of conductors that are separated from any adjoining conductive material by a permanently affixed protective layer of non‑conducting material;
licensed electrical inspector means a person holding an electrical inspector's licence under Part 3 of the Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2010[1];
licensed electrical switchgear worker means a person holding an electrical switchgear worker's licence under Part 3 of the Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2010;
licensed electrician means an electrical installation worker holding an electrician's licence under Part 3 of the Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2010;
low voltage means a voltage exceeding extra low voltage but not exceeding—
(a)1000 volts alternating current; or
(b)1500 volts direct current;
main earthing conductor has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
main switch has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
main switchboard has the same meaning as "Switchboard, main" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
metering code means the Electricity Customer Metering Code, as published or amended from time to time by the Essential Services Commission;
multiple electrical installation has the same meaning as "electrical installation, multiple" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
multiple occupancy means land that has 2 or more individual occupier's portions;
negative conductor means a conductor in a circuit of a railway that is maintained at approximately the same electrical potential as the train track or tram track;
neutral conductor has the same meaning as "neutral" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
neutral screen cable has the same meaning as "Cable, neutral-screened" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
normal supply has the same meaning as "supply, normal" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
other cable system means—
(a)telecommunication and control cables; or
(b)aerial earth cables;
overhead break-away device means a mechanical device designed to disconnect an overhead electric line from its supporting structure and the electricity supply when the electric line is subjected to an external stress that exceeds the tensile or design strength of the electric line;
patient area has the same meaning as it has in AS/NZS 3003;
photovoltaic array has the same meaning as "PV array" has in AS/NZS 5033;
pole line means an aerial line supported by 2 or more poles or towers;
private aerial line means a private electric line that is an aerial line and includes any pole that supports an electricity supplier's aerial line, but does not include a pole that is part of the supply network of—
(a)a major electricity company; or
(b)an interstate electricity supplier;
Note
Private electric line is defined in section 3 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
private pole means a pole or support tower that is part of a private aerial line;
protected aerial line means an aerial line that forms part of protected infrastructure;
protected infrastructure means protected installations and protected supply networks;
protected installation means—
(a)a low voltage electrical installation operating on public land; or
(b)a high voltage electrical installation; or
(c)a private electric line;
protected supply network means—
(a)a supply network owned or operated by a major electricity company; or
(b)a supply network owned or operated by an interstate electricity supplier; or
(c)a railway supply network; or
(d)a tramway supply network;
protective equipment means equipment that is intended to automatically isolate the active conductors of a circuit if an electrical fault occurs;
public land means—
(a)Crown land; or
(b)land vested in a Minister of the Crown; or
(c)land vested in a public statutory authority or Council; or
(d)land (whether privately or publicly owned) used for public purposes;
railway supply network means the supply network of a railway that is used by electric trains;
readily accessible has the same meaning as "Accessible, readily" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
reference code means a unique identifying number or code provided by Energy Safe Victoria under regulation 237;
registered electrical contractor means an electrical contractor registered under Part 2 of the Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2010;
reinforced insulation has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
related body corporate has the same meaning as it has in section 9 of the Corporations Act;
retailer has the same meaning as it has in the Electricity Industry Act 2000;
safety service has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
service line means the final span or section of a low voltage aerial line or underground line that—
(a)is part of the supply network of—
(i)a major electricity company; or
(ii)an interstate electricity supplier; and
(b)is connected to a point of supply;
Note
Point of supply is defined in section 3 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
service protective device means a fuse, circuit breaker or other protective equipment installed for interrupting the supply to an electrical installation from the supply network of a major electricity company or interstate electricity supplier;
span, in relation to an aerial line or private aerial line, means a section of the aerial line between 2 adjacent supporting structures;
stand-alone power system means a power generation system connected to an electrical installation that is not connected to an electricity supplier's supply network;
subcircuit has the same meaning as "Subcircuit, final" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
submains has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
substantial reconstruction means—
(a)in the case of private aerial lines supported by means of a catenary, replacement or repair of more than 20% of the number of spans supported by a catenary or catenaries or replacement or repair of more than 20% of the number of poles for the catenary or catenaries supporting a cable;
(b)in the case of all other private aerial lines, replacement or repair of more than 20% of the number of spans or replacement or repair of more than 20% of the number of poles in that line supporting wiring;
substation has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
supplementary supply has the same meaning as "supply, supplementary" has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
supply isolating device has the meaning set out in regulation 207(4);
SWER means single wire earth return;
the Act means the Electricity Safety Act 1998;
the Blue Book means the Code of Practice on electrical safety for the work on or near high voltage electrical apparatus, as published or amended from time to time by Energy Safe Victoria;
the Orange Book means the Victorian Traction Industry Electrical Safety Rules, as published or amended from time to time by Energy Safe Victoria;
tramway supply network means the supply network of a tramway;
transition pole private electric line means a private electric line that consists of one private pole that—
(a)supports the point of supply for that private electric line; and
(b)other than a service line, is only connected to underground consumer's mains;
transitional portion, in relation to an underground line that enters or exits the ground from the surface of the land, means—
(a)in the case of a low voltage underground line, the first 1000 millimetres of that line; or
(b)in the case of a high voltage underground line, the first 2000 millimetres of that line—
measured from the point where the underground line enters or exits the ground;
underground line means a conductor placed under the ground and includes any part of the conductor that is at or above the surface of the ground;
vegetation management rules means the Electrical Safety Rules for Vegetation Management Work Near Overhead Powerlines by Non-Electrical Workers, as published or amended from time to time by Energy Safe Victoria;
vegetation management work means—
(a)the pruning, cutting, trimming or felling of vegetation in the vicinity of a protected aerial line; or
(b)the application of herbicides to vegetation that is in the vicinity of a protected aerial line;
vessel has the same meaning as it has in the Marine Safety Act 2010.
106When is a person competent to perform a task?
For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is competent to perform a specified task if that person has acquired, whether through training, qualifications or experience (or a combination of these), the skills necessary to perform that task correctly.
107Interpretation
(1)If a provision of any document applied, adopted or incorporated by, or referred to in, these Regulations is inconsistent with any provision of these Regulations, the provision of these Regulations prevails.
(2)Any diagrams used in these Regulations are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be a comprehensive depiction of the situation they illustrate or to extend the meaning of the regulation to which they relate.
108Application of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules
The Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules are applied, adopted or incorporated under these Regulations with the following modifications—
(a)every reference in the Rules to a regulatory authority is a reference to Energy Safe Victoria;
(b)every reference in the Rules to an electrician is a reference to a licensed electrician;
(c)every reference in the Rules to a licensed electrical contractor is a reference to a registered electrical contractor;
(d)every reference in the Rules to water and gas suppliers includes a reference to telecommunication suppliers.
PART 2—ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
Division 1—Wiring methods for electrical installations
201Application
This Part does not apply to electrical work carried out on—
(a)a major electricity company's supply network; or
(b)a railway supply network; or
(c)a tramway supply network; or
(d)an interstate electricity supplier's supply network; or
(e)the signalling, control or communications systems of a railway or tramway.
202General wiring methods for electrical installations
A person must not install, alter, repair or maintain an electrical installation or a portion of an electrical installation unless the installation or the installed, altered, repaired or maintained portion of the installation complies with—
(a)Divisions 1 to 9 of this Part; and
(b)Part 2 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules; and
(c)in the case of a high voltage electrical installation, AS 2067; and
(d)in the case of a low voltage overhead electric line located on public land or any high voltage overhead electric line, AS/NZS 7000.
203Electrical installations installed before commencement of these Regulations
(1)Despite regulation 202, an existing electrical installation or portion of an existing electrical installation may be repaired or maintained using methods that comply with Part 1 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules, other than clause 1.9.4.
(2)In this regulation, existing electrical installation means an electrical installation that was installed before the commencement of these Regulations other than—
(a)an electric fence; or
(b)an electrical installation to which regulation 206 applies; or
(c)consumer's mains to which regulation 228(2) applies; or
(d)a private aerial line to which regulation 234 applies.
204Alternative design solution
(1)This regulation applies to an electrical installation or a portion of an electrical installation (other than a domestic electrical installation or portion of a domestic electrical installation) that, because of its unusual requirements, application or intended use, cannot meet the requirements of Part 2 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.
(2)A person may adopt a design and installation method (an alternative design solution) that—
(a)satisfies the requirements of sections 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8 of Part 1 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules; and
(b)will provide a level of safety from physical injury, fire and electric shock that is at least equivalent to the level that would be provided if Part 2 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules was complied with.
(3)A person may only elect to adopt the alternative design solution before the person signs the certificate of compliance that relates to the alternative design solution.
(4)Before commencing the installation work related to an alternative design solution, a person must obtain written consent from the owner of the electrical installation to depart from the requirements of Part 2 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.
(5)Before commencing the installation work relating to an alternative design solution, a person must have a design of that alternative design solution verified as complying with Part 1 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules by a competent person who was not involved with the design of the alternative design solution.
(6)On the adoption of an alternative design solution in relation to an electrical installation, the person must do the following things—
(a)clearly and permanently mark the main switchboard of the installation where the alternative design solution has been adopted and any other switchboard that is associated with the alternative design solution with the following words—
"Warning—parts of this installation adopt an alternative design solution under the Wiring Rules";
(b)maintain documentation that details—
(i)the nature and extent of the alternative design solution; and
(ii)the electrical installation or portions of the electrical installation where the alternative design solution was used; and
(iii)why the requirements of Part 2 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules could not be met; and
(iv)how compliance with subregulation (2) was achieved; and
(v)the verification required by subregulation (5).
(7)A copy of the documentation referred to in subregulation (6)(b) must—
(a)be given to the owner of the electrical installation and to Energy Safe Victoria; and
(b)be retained by the person responsible for the carrying out of the electrical installation work for a period of 3 years commencing after the completion of the electrical installation work.
(8)To avoid doubt, despite an alternative design solution being adopted for a portion of an electrical installation, all remaining portions of the electrical installation must comply with Part 2 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.
(9)Energy Safe Victoria may require an independent competent person to certify that the materials, equipment and methods adopted under an alternative design solution are equivalent to the requirements of Part 2 of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.
Division 2—Additional obligations for certain types of electrical installation work
205High voltage electrical installation work
(1)Before commencing any electrical installation work related to the installation, alteration or repair of a high voltage electrical installation, the person who is to carry out the work must ensure that the design of that installation work has been verified in writing as complying with AS 2067 and AS/NZS 7000 (if applicable) by a competent person who was not involved in the design of the installation work.
Note
Regulation 257 prohibits a licensed electrical inspector involved with the independent verification of proposed high voltage installation work from inspecting that work when completed.
(2)Subregulation (1) does not apply to the repair or maintenance of a high voltage electrical installation provided that the repair or maintenance does not alter the original design of that installation.
(3)A person carrying out high voltage electrical installation work must comply with the requirements of the Blue Book when carrying out that work.
206Electrical installation work in patient areas
A person must not install, alter, repair or maintain an electrical installation or a portion of an electrical installation in an area that the person knows or should reasonably be expected to know is a patient area or intended to be a patient area unless the installation or the installed, altered, repaired or maintained portion of the installation complies with AS/NZS 3003.
Note
Regulation 505 deals with the obligation of a person who commissions electrical installation work in a patient area to provide information on the location of patient areas to the contractor or electrician they have commissioned to carry out the work.
Division 3—Additional general wiring requirements
207Control of electrical installations
(1)The electricity supply to an electrical installation must be controlled on the main switchboard by one or more main switches that control the whole of the electrical installation.
Note
Main switchboard and main switch have the same meaning as they have in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.
(2)Despite subregulation (1), the following electrical equipment is not required to be controlled by a main switch—
(a)consumer's mains;
(b)equipment for metering or the control or protection of metered or metering circuits owned by a major electricity company, an interstate electricity supplier or a retailer;
(c)a service protective device owned by a major electricity company or an interstate electricity supplier;
(d)any ancillary equipment, measuring equipment, supply isolating device and associated wiring that are required to be connected to the supply side of the main switch or switches, provided that the wiring and equipment are confined within or on the switchboard;
(e)equipment, such as voltage sensing equipment, associated with a safety service that is connected on the supply side of a main switch in accordance with Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
(f)equipment, such as voltage sensing equipment, associated with an alternative supply system that is connected on the supply side of a main switch in accordance with Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules;
(g)fault-current limiters;
(h)surge diverters installed to protect consumer's mains or main switchboards;
(i)an over-current protective device of the kind required by these Regulations to be installed at the origin of a private aerial line;
(j)consumer's terminals.
(3)Despite subregulation (1), an electricity supply to an electrical installation that is supplied by a generation system contained within that electrical installation may be controlled by a main switch on a switchboard that is not the main switchboard.
(4)In subregulation (2)(d), a supply isolating device means a load break switch or circuit breaker that—
(a)is installed on the supply side of the main switch or switches of an electrical installation; and
(b)is only intended to be operated by an authorised person (within the meaning of the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules) and is labelled for operation by authorised persons only; and
(c)will be locked in the closed position during normal operation of the electrical installation; and
(d)will not be able to be opened or operated to the open position while locked in the closed position (other than automatically in response to an electrical fault); and
(e)is capable of being locked in the open position; and
(f)in the case of a circuit breaker, achieves discrimination between it and the next protective devices on the load side of the circuit breaker within the electrical installation.
208Earthing systems
(1)A low voltage electrical installation required to be earthed must have an earthed neutral connection or a multiple earthed neutral (MEN) connection—
(a)at the main switchboard; or
(b)at an earth bar or link within a substation; or
(c)made through an earthing conductor or terminal provided by the electricity supplier.
(2)Subregulation (1) does not apply to an electrical installation installed for use at a mine (other than an underground mine) if that electrical installation is earthed using an earthing system that complies with AS/NZS 3007.
(3)An electrical installation that is required to be earthed but is not connected to an electricity supplier's distribution system may use a system of earthing approved by Energy Safe Victoria.
209Main earthing conductor
A main earthing conductor must be taken from the main earthing terminal, connection or bar at the main switchboard to—
(a)an earth electrode; or
(b)an earth bar or link within a substation forming part of the electrical installation; or
(c)an earthing conductor or terminal provided by the electricity supplier.
Note
Main earthing conductor has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.
210Connection of consumer billing meters and neutral conductors
A low voltage consumer billing meter must not be connected in series with a neutral conductor or be used as a connection point for metered or unmetered neutral conductors.
Note
Neutral conductor has the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.
211Premises with consumer electricity generation systems
A person who carries out electrical installation work on a consumer electricity generation system must, in the premises where the consumer electricity generation system is installed or connected to, clearly and permanently mark the main switchboard, any fire indicator panels and all switchboards that will be energised by that consumer electricity generation system—
(a)with the following words—
"Warning—this premises contains an electricity generation system"; and
(b)with the location of isolation switches for all electricity generation systems installed or connected to the premises.
Note
Consumer electricity generation system is defined in regulation 105.
212Battery systems
A battery system must be installed, altered, repaired or maintained in accordance with AS/NZS 5139.
213Electric security fences
An electric fence (other than an electric fence intended primarily for the containment of animals) must be installed, altered, repaired or maintained in accordance with AS/NZS 3016.
214Electricity supplies—construction and demolition sites
(1)Any switchboard or metering enclosure (other than a free standing enclosure) installed on a construction or demolition site must be securely attached to a pole, post, wall or other structure that is rigid and secure.
(2)Any free standing switchboard or metering enclosure installed on a construction or demolition site must be securely fixed in place.
(3)Any underground consumer's mains that enter into a switchboard or metering enclosure installed on a construction or demolition site must—
(a)from the point at which it exits the ground up to the point at which it enters the enclosure, be enclosed in compliant heavy duty non‑metallic conduit; and
(b)from the point at which it exits the ground up to a point that is within 100 millimetres of the point at which it enters the enclosure, be provided with additional mechanical protection that is of a construction that meets the mechanical protection classification of WSX3 specified in Appendix F of AS/NZS 3013.
Note
Compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit is defined in regulation 105.
Division 4—Segregation and labelling of electricity supplies and wiring
215Multiple occupancy buildings and subdivisions—supplies to individual occupiers' portions
(1)If normal electricity supplies for individual occupiers' portions of a multiple occupancy subdivision or building are established at a single point, the individual wiring supplying each individual occupier's portion must be placed on common property or a common area associated with the subdivision or building.
(2)If an alternative or supplementary supply supplies or is intended to supply more than one individual occupier's portion in a multiple occupancy subdivision or building, any wiring providing alternative supply or supplementary supply to those individual occupiers' portions must be placed on common property or a common area associated with the subdivision or building.
(3)If an alternative or supplementary supply supplies or is intended to supply one individual occupier's portion in a multiple occupancy subdivision or building, any individual wiring providing alternative supply or supplementary supply to that individual occupier's portion must be placed on one or a combination of the following—
(a)that individual occupier's portion;
(b)common property or a common area associated with the subdivision or building.
(4)Subregulation (2) does not apply to an alternative supply or supplementary supply that complies with the requirements of regulation 218.
216Wiring passing through individual occupiers' portions
(1)This regulation applies to a multiple occupancy subdivision or building that was constructed with individual wiring that supplies normal electricity supplies to an individual occupier's portion that—
(a)passes through other individual occupiers' portions; or
(b)passes through the service ducts of other individual occupiers' portions.
(2)If electricity supplies to an individual occupier's portion of a multiple occupancy subdivision or building are found to be passing through another individual occupier's portion or service ducts in another individual occupier's portion, a person carrying out electrical installation work related to that wiring must ensure that—
(a)any accessible sections of wiring passing through the other individual occupier's portion or the service ducts in the other individual occupier's portion are clearly and permanently identified, by means of marking or attached labels, at intervals not exceeding 2 metres to indicate that the wiring is not controlled from the switchboard of the other individual occupier's portion; and
(b)any accessible switchboard of the other individual occupier's portion through which the consumer's mains or submains or service ducts pass are clearly and permanently marked with the following words—
"Warning—not all wiring passing through these premises is controlled from this switchboard"; and
(c)a sign, durable card or other durable material is fixed to any accessible switchboard of the other individual occupier's portion through which the wiring or service ducts pass setting out the location of the wiring or service ducts.
(3)Despite regulation 215(1), the individual wiring to which this regulation applies may be altered, repaired or maintained in its current location provided that the person carrying out the electrical installation work complies with subregulation (2).
(4)Despite regulations 215(2) and 215(3), an alternative or supplementary supply may be installed, altered, repaired or maintained in the same location as the existing individual wiring to which this regulation applies provided that the person carrying out the electrical installation work complies with subregulation (2) in relation to the alternative or supplementary supply wiring.
(5)In this regulation—
accessiblehas the same meaning as it has in the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules.
217Wiring passing through other allotments
(1)If wiring related to an allotment enters into or passes through another allotment that does not have another source of electricity supply—
(a)any switchboard located on the other allotment through which the wiring enters into or passes must—
(i)be clearly and permanently marked with the following words—
"Warning—not all wiring passing through this land or these premises is controlled from this switchboard"; and
(ii)show the location of the wiring on a sign, durable card or other durable material; or
(b)if there is no switchboard located on the other allotment, a durable sign or durable card or other durable material must be located at or near the electrical equipment being supplied with electricity, that shows the location of the wiring and the location of the isolation switches which control the electricity supply to the wiring; or
(c)if there is no switchboard located on the other allotment and the wiring passes through the allotment without supplying any electrical equipment with electricity, a durable sign must be located or underground cable marker must be located at regular intervals along the route of the electric line, that shows a warning drawing attention to the existence and location of the wiring.
(2)If wiring related to an allotment enters into or passes through another allotment that has another source of electricity supply, the other allotment that the wiring enters into or passes through must comply with regulation 218.
(3)In this regulation, allotment means land which can be disposed of separately under section 8A of the Sale of Land Act 1962 without being subdivided.
Notes
1 Regulation 215 prohibits electricity supplies for an individual occupier's portion from passing through or entering another individual occupier's portion.
2 Regulation 222 prohibits consumer mains from entering or crossing any property that is contiguous to the property the consumer's mains supplies.
218Properties with multiple points of supply
(1)If a property has more than one point of supply or is intended to have more than one point of supply, a person must not install or alter an electrical installation at the property or a portion of an electrical installation at the property unless the installation or the installed or altered portion of the installation complies with this regulation.
(2)Any submains or subcircuits connected to a point of supply must only be installed within the boundary of a zone established within the property and must only supply electricity within that zone.
(3)Each zone established within a property must, wherever possible, follow easily recognisable property features and must not intermingle with or cross over other established zones.
(4)A zone diagram must be placed in each main switchboard within the property that contains the following information—
(a)a diagram showing the location and boundaries of each zone;
(b)the location of each zone's point of supply and consumer mains;
(c)the location of each zone's main switchboard;
(d)the location of any submains or switchboards located within any zone.
(5)Subject to subregulation (6), each main switchboard at the property must be clearly and permanently marked with the following words—
"Warning—not all wiring installed in these premises is controlled from this main switchboard".
(6)Subregulation (5) does not apply if a main switchboard can remotely control every other main switchboard installed or connected to the property it is installed in.
(7)Each switchboard installed or connected to the property that is not a main switchboard must be clearly and permanently marked with a label that clearly identifies the main switchboard it is connected to.
(8)This regulation does not apply to a property that is only supplied electricity from one point of supply connected to a distribution network and one or more points of supply provided by consumer electricity generation systems located within the allotment.
(9)For the purposes of this regulation, point of supply includes the point where a supplementary supply or alternative supply provided from another allotment crosses the boundary of the allotment it is supplying electricity to.
(10)In this regulation, allotment means land which can be disposed of separately under section 8A of the Sale of Land Act 1962 without being subdivided.
Division 5—Underground electric lines
219Route of underground lines
(1)A person who carries out electrical installation work on an underground electric line must ensure that a record of the route of the underground electric line is recorded in a legible and permanent form on a durable material that is fixed—
(a)at the main switchboard; or
(b)in a position approved by Energy Safe Victoria.
(2)A person who carries out electrical installation work must ensure the record is fixed in accordance with subregulation (1) before the certificate of compliance for the installation work is signed and—
(a)before the electric line is connected to the electricity supply; or
(b)if the electrical circuits or electrical equipment handled in the course of the electrical installation work were not disconnected from the electricity supply, before the electrical installation is first used after it is completed; or
(c)if the person has not completed all the electrical installation work they have been engaged to complete at the premises where the underground electric line is located, within 5 business days after carrying out the installation work.
(3)The route of the electric line must be recorded as accurately as practicable with a margin of error not exceeding 200 millimetres.
(4)A person who carries out electrical installation work on an underground electric line on public land (other than an electric line forming part of a railway) must, before the line is connected to an electricity supply or within 2 business days after relocating the line, give sufficient information to enable every cable of the line to be located and identified to the person who controls the underground electric line.
Notes
1Section 46 of the Act generally prohibits the construction of electric lines on public land unless an exemption applies.
2See also section 76(1) of the Act.
220Minimum depths of high voltage underground lines and underground lines on public land and on private land not owned or leased by the owner of the line
(1)A high voltage underground line or any underground line on public land or on private land not owned or leased by the owner of the line set out in column 1 of Table 220 must not be closer to the surface of the ground than the relevant minimum depth specified in column 2, 3, or 4 of that Table.
Note
Section 46 of the Act generally prohibits the construction of electric lines on public land unless an exemption applies.
(2)Subregulation (1) does not apply to the transitional portion of an underground line if the transitional portion—
(a)is protected by a mechanical cover in accordance with regulation 221; or
(b)is enclosed in a compliant heavy duty non‑metallic conduit; or
(c)is enclosed in a medium or heavy galvanised steel tube that complies with AS 1074.
(3)Subregulation (1) does not apply to—
(a)the negative conductors of a railway or tramway supply network; or
(b)those portions of underground lines that are above ground.
Table 220—Minimum depths for underground lines from the surface of the ground
| Column 1
| Column 2
| Column 3 Directly buried and covered with a mechanical cover | Column 4
|
| Direct current ≤ 1500V | 750 mm | 600 mm | 500 mm |
| Alternating current ≤ 1 kV | 750 mm | 600 mm | 500 mm |
| >1 kV a.c. or 1500V d.c. and ≤ 22 kV | 900 mm | 750 mm | 750 mm |
| > 22 kV and ≤ 66 kV | 1000 mm | 750 mm | 750 mm |
| > 66 kV and ≤ 220 kV | 1000 mm | 1000 mm | 1000 mm |
221Mechanical protection of underground lines above the ground on public land and on private land not owned or leased by the owner of the line
(1)Any portion of an underground line on public land or on private land not owned or leased by the owner of the line that is at or above the surface of the ground must be mechanically protected from the point 300 millimetres below where the line exits the ground to a height of 2400 millimetres from any surface accessible to the public.
(2)The mechanical protection must be one of the following—
(a)a cable guard made of mild steel of 2×5 millimetre thickness for a high voltage underground line and 1×6 millimetre thickness for a low voltage underground line and galvanised in accordance with AS/NZS 4680 and AS/NZS 4792;
(b)a galvanised steel tube that complies with AS 1074.
(3)This regulation does not apply to negative conductors.
Note
Section 46 of the Act generally prohibits the construction of electric lines on public land unless an exemption applies.
Division 6—Consumer's mains
222Consumer's mains not to enter or cross contiguous property
Consumer's mains must not enter or cross any property that is contiguous to the property the consumer's mains supplies.
223Protection of underground consumer's mains
(1)An electrical installation that is supplied from an underground electric line must have—
(a)protective equipment provided at the point of supply; or
(b)the consumer's mains cables sheathed from the point of supply to the first protective device located within the installation.
(2)For the purposes of subregulation (1)(b), an electricity supplier's protective device at the installation's metering point may be regarded as the first protective device.
224Construction of underground consumer's mains
(1)Underground consumer's mains that run from the property boundary to the building or structure housing the protective equipment (the relevant portion) must be buried to a depth of at least 500 millimetres below the surface of the ground.
(2)The relevant portion must be—
(a)suitable for use underground; and
(b)enclosed in—
(i)a compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit; or
(ii)a medium or heavy galvanised steel tube that complies with AS 1074.
(3)In the case of a relevant portion that is a multi‑core or neutral screen cable, the relevant portion must be—
(a)enclosed in—
(i)a compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit; or
(ii)a medium or heavy galvanised steel tube that complies with AS 1074; or
(b)provided with mechanical cover in accordance with regulation 225.
(4)Underground consumer's mains must, from the point that the consumer's mains are connected to the distribution supply network to the electrical installation's first protection device, be—
(a)comprised of double insulation; or
(b)a neutral screen cable with any conductor cores of the cable that are not enclosed by the outer sheathing of the cable (the exposed cores) double insulated in accordance with subregulation (5).
(5)For the purposes of subregulation (4)(b), the exposed cores must be double insulated—
(a)in the case of exposed cores connected to the distribution supply network, up to the point of that connection; or
(b)in the case of exposed cores connected to an electrical installation, up to the electrical installation's first protection device.
(6)Subregulation (1) does not apply to the transitional portion of the underground consumer's mains if that transitional portion is—
(a)enclosed as required under subregulation (2)(b); or
(b)provided with additional mechanical cover in accordance with regulation 225.
225Mechanical cover of consumer's mains
(1)For the purposes of regulation 224(3)(b) and 224(6)(b), mechanical cover must—
(a)be placed not less than 50 millimetres and not more than 75 millimetres above the consumer's mains; and
(b)be not less than 150 millimetres wide; and
(c)overlap the consumer's mains by at least 40 millimetres on each side; and
(d)touch or overlap each other so that no spaces are left between the slabs or cover strips; and
(e)excluding the transitional portion, be installed with a minimum depth of cover of 500 millimetres from the top of the additional mechanical protection to the surface of the ground; and
(f)consist of one or a combination of the following—
(i)precast concrete slabs having a thickness of not less than 40 millimetres and a classification of not less than grade 20 in accordance with AS 3600;
(ii)polymeric cable cover strip complying with AS 4702.
(2)If mechanical cover is used to protect an underground line, the line (other than the transitional portion of the line) must be—
(a)laid on a bed of not less than 50 millimetres of sand or friable soil free of sharp stone; and
(b)covered by not less than 50 millimetres of the same material.
226Construction of underground consumer's mains within a structure
Underground consumer's mains that enter into a building or structure must, from the point they enter the building or structure up to the housing or mounting containing the building or structure's protective equipment, be enclosed in—
(a)a compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit; or
(b)a medium or heavy galvanised steel tube that complies with AS 1074.
Note
Compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit is defined in regulation 105.
227Construction of underground consumer's mains on the exterior of a building or structure
If any above ground portion of underground consumer's mains are to be affixed to the external surface of a building or structure, the consumer's mains must, from the point that is 300 mm below the ground to the point that is 2400 mm above the ground, be of a construction that meets the mechanical protection classification WSX3 specified in Appendix F of AS/NZS 3013.
228Insulation resistance of underground consumer's mains
(1)Before consumer's mains are first placed into service or use, the insulation resistance—
(a)between the conductors of underground consumer's mains; and
(b)between the conductors of underground consumer's mains and earth; and
(c)if the consumer's mains conductors are surrounded by a metallic sheath, between the conductors of underground consumer's mains and the metallic sheath—
must not be less than the relevant minimum insulation resistance specified in column 2 of Table 228 when tested with a 500V d.c. insulation resistance tester.
(2)When existing underground consumer's mains are reconnected to electricity supply, the insulation resistance—
(a)between the conductors of underground consumer's mains; and
(b)between the conductors of underground consumer's mains and earth; and
(c)if the consumer's mains conductors are surrounded by a metallic sheath, between the conductors of underground consumer's mains and the metallic sheath—
must not be less than one megohm when tested with a 500V d.c. insulation resistance tester.
Table 228—Minimum insulation resistance of underground consumer's mains
| Column 1 Route length of underground consumer's mains | Column 2 Minimum insulation resistance | |
| A | ≤ 50 m | 50 megohms |
| B | > 50 m and ≤ 75 m | 45 megohms |
| C | > 75 m and ≤ 100 m | 40 megohms |
| D | > 100 m and ≤ 125 m | 35 megohms |
| E | > 125 m and ≤ 150 m | 30 megohms |
| F | > 150 m and ≤ 175 m | 25 megohms |
| G | > 175 m and ≤ 200 m | 20 megohms |
| H | > 200 m and ≤ 225 m | 15 megohms |
| I | > 225 m and ≤ 250 m | 10 megohms |
| J | > 250 m | 5 megohms |
Division 7—Aerial lines and pole mounted substations
229Minimum distances between aerial lines and the ground or water
(1)A low voltage aerial line on public land or on private land not owned or leased by the owner of the line must not, at any time, be closer to—
(a)the ground; or
(b)the surface of any water that is not accessible to boats with masts—
than the relevant minimum distance specified in column 2 or 3 of Table 229.1 for the location of the aerial line set out in column 1 of that Table.
(2)A high voltage aerial line set out in column 1 of Table 229.2 must not, at any time, be closer to—
(a)the ground; or
(b)the surface of any water that is not accessible to boats with masts—
than the relevant minimum distance specified in column 2, 3 or 4 of that Table that corresponds to that aerial line.
(3)An aerial line must not, at any time, be closer than 13 500 millimetres to the surface of any water that is accessible to boats with masts.
(4)The minimum distances specified in column 2, 3, or 4 of Tables 229.1 and 229.2 do not apply to a part of an aerial line that is within a substation.
(5)In Tables 229.1 and 229.2—
arterial road has the same meaning as it has in the Road Management Act 2004;
freewayhas the same meaning as it has in the Road Management Act 2004;
over-dimensional route means the roads and streets marked as an over-dimensional route on the Over Dimensional (OD) Route Network map, as published on the VicRoads website from time to time;
Port of Melbourne container route means the roads and streets marked as a container route on the Port of Melbourne Container Routes Network Map, as published on the VicRoads website from time to time.
Table 229.1—Minimum distances to the ground or water surface from low voltage aerial lines on public land or within an easement on private land
| Type of aerial line | ||
| Column 1
| Column 2
| Column 3 Insulated live conductors |
| Minimum distance to ground or surface of water | ||
| Over a 2000 mm wide strip in the centre of each carriageway of a road | 5500 mm | 5500 mm |
| Over any other part of a freeway, arterial road, over‑dimensional route or Port of Melbourne container route | 5500 mm | 5500 mm |
| Over any other part of any other road | 5500 mm | 4900 mm |
| Over any part of a driveway | 5500 mm | 4600 mm |
| Over any other ground traversable by vehicles (other than a road) | 5500 mm | 4600 mm |
| At the connection to a building or structure (excluding a pole) | Not permitted | 3000 mm |
| Over the surface of any water not accessible to boats with masts | 4500 mm | 4500 mm |
| Elsewhere | 5000 mm | 3000 mm |
Table 229.2—Minimum distances to the ground or water surface from high voltage aerial lines
| Minimum distance | |||
| Column 1
| Column 2
| Column 3
| Column 4 Other ground or the surface of any water not accessible to boats with masts |
| Alternating current insulated with earthed screen U > 1 kV | 5500 mm | 5500 mm | 4500 mm |
| Alternating current insulated without an earthed screen U > 1 kV | 6000 mm | 5500 mm | 4500 mm |
| Bare or covered 1 kV a.c. or 1500V d.c. | 6700 mm | 5500 mm | 5000 mm |
| Bare or covered 33 kV < U ≤ 132 kV | 6700 mm | 6700 mm | 5500 mm |
| Bare or covered 132 kV < U ≤ 275 kV | 8700 mm | 7500 mm | 6700 mm |
| Bare or covered 275 kV < U ≤ 330 kV | 9700 mm | 8000 mm | 6700 mm |
| 330 kV < U ≤ 500 kV | 11 400 mm | 10 700 mm | 10 700 mm |
230Minimum distance from the ground for substations
The minimum distance from the ground for any part of the supporting platform and equipment (except conductors) for a pole-mounted substation that is mounted on or attached to a pole or the crossarms of a pole is—
(a)if the substation is more than 500 millimetres from the vertical projection of the kerb line (in the direction away from a vehicular carriageway) and that substation is more than 200 millimetres from the surface of the pole, no less than 3600 millimetres from the ground; and
(b)if the substation is more than 500 millimetres from the vertical projection of the kerb line (in the direction away from a vehicular carriageway) and that substation is 200 millimetres or less from the surface of the pole, no less than 2400 millimetres from the ground; and
(c)in any other circumstances, no less than 4600 millimetres from the ground.
231Construction and maintenance of poles and towers
Poles, towers and other structures supporting aerial lines must—
(a)be as vertical as is practicable; and
(b)if located on or near a roadside, not lean over the kerb line in the direction of a vehicular carriageway more than 5 degrees from the perpendicular and not lean in any other direction more than 10 degrees from the perpendicular; and
(c)if located elsewhere, not lean more than 10 degrees from the perpendicular in any direction.
232Marking of electric lines
If aerial lines are within the vicinity of an airport or airfield, the lines must be marked to indicate their position and direction in accordance with AS 3891.1 and AS 3891.2.
Division 8—Private electric lines
233Prescribed voltage
For the purposes of the definition of low voltage electric line in section 3 of the Act, the prescribed voltage is low voltage.
234Private electric lines in hazardous bushfire risk areas
A private electric line that is to be constructed or substantially reconstructed in a hazardous bushfire risk area must be placed underground.
Notes
1 Private electric line and hazardous bushfire risk area are defined in the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
2 Private aerial line and substantial reconstruction are defined in regulation 105.
235Existing private service lines in hazardous bushfire risk areas—alternative compliance
(1)Regulation 234 does not apply to the substantial reconstruction of an existing private service line that is not located in an electric line construction area provided that the private service line to be substantially reconstructed will—
(a)be comprised of aerial bundled cable; and
(b)have a single overhead break-away device that has been approved by Energy Safe Victoria fitted at the point where the private service line is attached to the distribution company supply pole; and
(c)be protected at its origin with an over-current protective device (other than a fuse link) that operates in all active conductors and can be operated from the ground.
(2)In this regulation and regulation 237, private service line means a private aerial line that is—
(a)one span in length; and
(b)connected to company assets located on private land; and
(c)connected to a building or structure (other than a private pole).
Notes
1 Private aerial line, substantial reconstruction, aerial bundled cable, overhead break-away device and active conductor are defined in regulation 105.
2 Distribution company and company assets are defined in section 3 of the Act.
3 Electric line construction area is defined in section 120K of the Act.
236Private aerial lines—construction requirements
(1)A private aerial line to be installed, altered, repaired or maintained must—
(a)if it is horizontally constructed with bare open wire conductors, have a conductor spreader fitted to each span of conductor in a manner that effectively prevents the conductors from clashing; and
(b)in any case, be protected at its origin with an over-current protective device (other than a fuse link) that operates in all active conductors and can be operated from the ground.
Notes
Private aerial line, horizontally constructed, bare open wire, conductor spreader and active conductor are defined in regulation 105.
(2)If a private electric line or private aerial line to be installed, altered, repaired or maintained crosses water at a point where the water is navigable, there must be affixed a clear and permanent sign warning of the electric line erected at the normal high water mark—
(a)at all boat ramps providing access to the water; and
(b)at all points where the electric line starts crossing the water; and
(c)at a point that is at least 20 and not more than 100 metres before the electric line when approaching the line by water.
(3)Subregulation (1) does not apply to transition pole private electric lines.
(4)This regulation does not apply to reconstruction work permitted to be carried out under regulation 237.
Note
Transition pole private electric line is defined in regulation 105.
237Emergency restoration of private aerial lines in high bushfire risk areas
(1)Regulations 234, 235 and 236 do not apply to a substantial reconstruction of a private aerial line in a hazardous bushfire area that has been rendered inoperative by a fault if the installation work responsible person complies with this regulation.
(2)Before commencing any reconstruction work, the installation work responsible person must—
(a)obtain a written undertaking from the owner of the private aerial line that the owner will, within 60 days after the date on which the undertaking is given—
(i)have the private aerial line placed underground; or
(ii)in the case of a private service line that is not located in an electric line construction area, comply with the requirements of regulation 235(1); and
(b)if requested by Energy Safe Victoria, provide Energy Safe Victoria with a digital photograph or copy of the written undertaking referred to in paragraph (a); and
(c)obtain a reference code from Energy Safe Victoria for that work.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(3)Within 5 business days of completing the reconstruction work, the installation work responsible person must provide Energy Safe Victoria with—
(a)a copy of the undertaking referred to in subregulation (2)(a); and
(b)the reference code for that work; and
(c)the certificate of electrical safety for the reconstruction of the private electric line.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
(4)If Energy Safe Victoria is satisfied that the installation work responsible person has obtained or will obtain the undertaking required by subregulation (2)(a), Energy Safe Victoria must provide as soon as is practicable after being requested to do so by the installation work responsible person, a reference code for the reconstruction work.
(5)The owner of a private aerial line reconstructed in accordance with this regulation must have that private aerial line—
(a)placed underground; or
(b)in the case of a private service line that is not located in an electric line construction area, made compliant with the requirements of regulation 235(1); or
(c)disconnected from electricity supply—
within 60 days after the date the owner gave the written undertaking referred to in subregulation (2)(a).
Penalty:20 penalty units.
Division 9—Façade mounted wiring
238High voltage conductors must not be supported along the façade of a building or structure
(1)A high voltage conductor must not, at any time, be supported along—
(a)the façade of a building or structure; or
(b)any part of a building or structure that adjoins a public way or space.
(2)Subregulation (1) does not apply to a high voltage conductor that is part of an electric security fence that complies with AS/NZS 3016.
239Low voltage conductors supported along the façade of a building or structure
(1)A low voltage conductor (other than a low voltage insulated conductor) must not, at any time, be supported along—
(a)the façade of a building or structure; or
(b)any part of a building or structure that adjoins a public way or space.
(2)A low voltage insulated conductor supported along the façade of a building or structure or any part of a building or structure adjoining a public way or space, must not, at any time, be closer to a part of a building or structure or the ground set out in Column 1 of Table 239 than the relevant minimum distance specified in Column 2 of that Table that corresponds to that part of the building or structure or the ground.
(3)For the purposes of this regulation, a low voltage conductor is supported along a building or structure if the conductor is supported by the building or structure at a distance of no more than 300 millimetres from the building or structure.
Note
The illustrations below show the locations where façade mounted low voltage insulated conductors are permitted. The following is an explanation of the letters in the illustrations:
A is the minimum distance of 2500 mm to a low voltage insulated conductor vertically from the ground of a building or structure.
B is the minimum distance of 300 mm to a low voltage insulated conductor above a window or door of a building or structure.
C is the minimum distance of 500 mm to a low voltage insulated conductor from each side of and below a window of a building or structure.
D is the minimum distance of 1000 mm to a low voltage insulator conductor from each side of a door or balcony of a building or structure.
Table 239—Minimum distances to parts of buildings or structures from low voltage insulated conductors supported along the façade of the building or structure
| Column 1
| Column 2 Minimum distance to low voltage insulated conductor |
| Vertically from ground | 2500 mm |
| Above windows and doors | 300 mm |
| Each side of and below windows | 500 mm |
| Each side of doors and balconies | 1000 mm |
| From metallic parts | 50 mm |
Division 10—Testing of electrical installation work
240General testing requirements for low voltage electrical installation work
For the purposes of section 44(1)(b) of the Act, electrical installation work (other than high voltage installation work) must be tested in accordance with the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules to verify that the installation work complies with Divisions 1 to 9 of Part 2 after the work is completed and before certification or inspection of the work under the Act.
(b)in the particular circumstances compliance with the requirements of Part 3 is not practicable.
(7)A person to whom an exemption applies must comply with any conditions of the exemption specified by Energy Safe Victoria.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
703Exemptions—Duties of the public
(1)Energy Safe Victoria may, on the application of any person who has been refused permission to do a thing that is otherwise prohibited by Part 6, exempt that person from any of the requirements of Part 6 that are prohibiting the person from doing that thing subject to any conditions specified by Energy Safe Victoria.
(2)An application under subregulation (1) must be in writing and contain details of—
(a)the applicant's name, telephone number and business and postal address; and
(b)details of the exemption requested; and
(c)the reasons for requesting the exemption.
(3)An application must be accompanied by the application fee.
(4)The application fee for an exemption under this regulation is 5·99 fee units.
(5)Energy Safe Victoria may waive or rebate the payment of the application fee payable under this regulation if—
(a)an application is withdrawn and a new application is submitted; or
(b)in the opinion of Energy Safe Victoria, the payment of the application fee is not warranted because of the nature of the application; or
(c)in the opinion of Energy Safe Victoria, dealing with the application imposes on Energy Safe Victoria no appreciable burden or a lesser burden than usual.
(6)Energy Safe Victoria may grant an exemption if satisfied that the applicant has demonstrated that—
(a)the applicant can carry out the proposed activity safely; and
(b)the applicant can carry out the proposed activity without damaging or interfering with any protected infrastructure; and
(c)when the activity is completed, there will not be an unsafe electrical situation or the potential for any unsafe electrical situation to arise.
(7)A person to whom an exemption applies must comply with any conditions of the exemption specified by Energy Safe Victoria.
Penalty:20 penalty units.
PART 8—INFRINGEMENT OFFENCES
801Offences for which infringement notices may be served
For the purposes of paragraph (b) in the definition of prescribed offence in section 140A of the Act, an offence specified in Column 2 of Schedule 2 is a prescribed offence.
802Infringement penalties
For the purposes of section 140D of the Act, the prescribed infringement penalty for an offence specified in Column 2 of Schedule 2 is the amount specified in Column 3 of that Schedule in respect of that offence.
SCHEDULE 1—REVOCATIONS
Regulation 104
Table
| S.R. No. | Title |
| 164/2009 | Electricity Safety (Installations) Regulations 2009 |
| 85/2011 | Electricity Safety (Installations) Amendment (Fee) Regulations 2011 |
| 36/2014 | Electricity Safety (Installations) Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2014 |
SCHEDULE 2—INFRINGEMENT OFFENCES AND INFRINGEMENT PENALTIES
Regulations 801 and 802
| Column 1 Item no. | Column 2 Infringement offence | Column 3 Infringement penalty |
| 1 | An offence against regulation 237(3) | 2 penalty units |
| 2 | An offence against regulation 243 | 4 penalty units |
| 3 | An offence against regulation 244 | 4 penalty units |
| 4 | An offence against regulation 245 | 4 penalty units |
| 5 | An offence against regulation 246(1) | 5 penalty units |
| 6 | An offence against regulation 246(2) | 5 penalty units |
| 7 | An offence against regulation 248 | 2 penalty units |
| 8 | An offence against regulation 254(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 9 | An offence against regulation 255 | 2 penalty units |
| 10 | An offence against regulation 263(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 11 | An offence against regulation 264 | 2 penalty units |
| 12 | An offence against regulation 301 | 5 penalty units |
| 13 | An offence against regulation 305 | 5 penalty units |
| 14 | An offence against regulation 501(1) | 5 penalty units |
| 15 | An offence against regulation 501(2) | 5 penalty units |
| 16 | An offence against regulation 501(3) | 5 penalty units |
| 17 | An offence against regulation 502(1) | 5 penalty units |
| 18 | An offence against regulation 502(2) | 5 penalty units |
| 19 | An offence against regulation 502(3) | 5 penalty units |
| 20 | An offence against regulation 503(1) | 5 penalty units |
| 21 | An offence against regulation 503(2) | 5 penalty units |
| 22 | An offence against regulation 504(1) | 3 penalty units |
| 23 | An offence against regulation 505(1) | 3 penalty units |
| 24 | An offence against regulation 505(3) | 3 penalty units |
| 25 | An offence against regulation 506(1) | 4 penalty units |
| 26 | An offence against regulation 506(2) | 4 penalty units |
| 27 | An offence against regulation 507(1) | 5 penalty units |
| 28 | An offence against regulation 507(2) | 5 penalty units |
| 29 | An offence against regulation 510(1) | 3 penalty units |
| 30 | An offence against regulation 511(1) | 3 penalty units |
| 31 | An offence against regulation 604(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 32 | An offence against regulation 605 | 2 penalty units |
| 33 | An offence against regulation 606 | 2 penalty units |
| 34 | An offence against regulation 608(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 35 | An offence against regulation 608(2) | 3 penalty units |
| 36 | An offence against regulation 608(3) | 3 penalty units |
| 37 | An offence against regulation 608(4) | 3 penalty units |
| 38 | An offence against regulation 608(5) | 3 penalty units |
| 39 | An offence against regulation 608(6) | 3 penalty units |
| 40 | An offence against regulation 609(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 41 | An offence against regulation 609(2) | 2 penalty units |
| 42 | An offence against regulation 609(3) | 2 penalty units |
| 43 | An offence against regulation 610(1) | 4 penalty units |
| 44 | An offence against regulation 611(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 45 | An offence against regulation 611(2) | 2 penalty units |
| 46 | An offence against regulation 611(3) | 2 penalty units |
| 47 | An offence against regulation 611(4) | 2 penalty units |
| 48 | An offence against regulation 612(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 49 | An offence against regulation 613 | 2 penalty units |
| 50 | An offence against regulation 614(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 51 | An offence against regulation 615 | 3 penalty units |
| 52 | An offence against regulation 616(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 53 | An offence against regulation 616(2) | 3 penalty units |
| 54 | An offence against regulation 618(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 55 | An offence against regulation 618(2) | 2 penalty units |
| 56 | An offence against regulation 619(1) | 2 penalty units |
| 57 | An offence against regulation 619(2) | 2 penalty units |
| 58 | An offence against regulation 701(7) | 4 penalty units |
| 59 | An offence against regulation 702(7) | 4 penalty units |
| 60 | An offence against regulation 703(7) | 4 penalty units |
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ENDNOTES
1 General information
See for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019, S.R. No. 113/2019 were made on 26 November 2019 by the Governor in Council under sections 149, 151, 151A, 152 and 157 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998, No. 25/1998 and came into operation on 6 December 2019: regulation 103.
The Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 26 November 2029 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
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Electricity Safety (General) Amendment (Certificate of Electrical Safety) Regulations 2023, S.R. No. 112/2023
Date of Making: 31.10.23 Date of Commencement: 1.11.23: reg. 3
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3 Explanatory details
[1] Reg. 105 def. of licensed electrician: S.R. No. 21/2010.
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Fee Units
These Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units within the meaning of the Monetary Units Act 2004.
The amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit.
The value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2023 is $15.90. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.
The value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The value of a fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year.
Penalty Units
These Regulations provide for penalties by reference to penalty units within the meaning of section 110 of the Sentencing Act 1991. The amount of the penalty is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of the Monetary Units Act 2004, by multiplying the number of penalty units applicable by the value of a penalty unit.
The value of a penalty unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2023 is $192.31. The amount of the calculated penalty may be rounded to the nearest dollar.
The value of a penalty unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The value of a penalty unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year.
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Table of Applied, Adopted or Incorporated Matter
The following table of applied, adopted or incorporated matter was included in S.R. No. 113/2019 in accordance with the requirements of regulation 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Regulations 2014.
| Statutory rule provision | Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document | Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document |
| Regulation 105 definitions of accessories, active conductor, alternative supply, Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules, conductor, consumer's mains, domestic electrical installation, double insulation, electrical fault, hazardous area, main earthing conductor, main switch, main switchboard, multiple electrical installation, neutral conductor, neutral screen cable, normal supply, readily accessible, reinforced insulation, safety service, subcircuit, submains, substation and supplementary supply Regulations 108, 202, 203, 204, 207, 240, 242, 244 and 253(1)(a) | AS/NZS 3000:2018 Electrical Installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring Rules), 6th edition, published by Standards Australia on 26 June 2018 | The whole |
| Statutory rule provision | Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document | Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document |
| Regulation 105 definition of AS 1074 Regulations 220(2)(c), 221(2)(b), 224(2)(b)(ii), (3)(a)(ii) and 226(b) | AS 1074—1989 Steel tubes and tubulars for ordinary service, 4th edition, published by Standards Australia on 10 April 1989 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of AS 2067 Regulations 202, 205(1) and 246(1) | AS 2067:2016 Substations and high voltage installations exceeding 1 kV a.c., 3rd edition, published by Standards Australia on 14 September 2016 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definitions of AS/NZS 2053.2, compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit | AS/NZS 2053.2:2001 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations Part 2: Rigid plain conduits and fittings of insulating material, 2nd edition, published by Standards Australia on 12 July 2001 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definitions of AS/NZS 2053.3, compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit | AS/NZS 2053.3:1995 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations Part 3: Rigid plain conduits and fittings of fibre-reinforced concrete material, published by Standards Australia on 5 March 1995 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definitions of AS/NZS 2053.5, compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit | AS/NZS 2053.5:2001 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations Part 5: Corrugated conduits and fittings of insulating material, 2nd edition, published by Standards Australia on 12 July 2001 | The whole |
| Statutory rule provision | Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document | Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document |
| Regulation 105 definitions of AS/NZS 2053.6, compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit | AS/NZS 2053.6:2001 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations Part 6: Profile-wall, smooth-bore conduits and fittings of insulating material, 2nd edition, published by Standards Australia on 12 July 2001 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definitions of Regulations 206 and 242 | AS/NZS 3003:2018 Electrical installations—Patient areas, 6th edition, published by Standards Australia on 26 March 2018 incorporating amendment No. 1 (July 2019) | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulation 208(2) | AS/NZS 3007:2013 Electrical equipment in mines and quarries—Surface installations and associated processing plant, published by Standards Australia on 24 June 2013 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulations 214(3) and 227 | AS/NZS 3013:2005 Electrical installations—Classification of the fire and mechanical performance of wiring system elements, 3rd edition, published by Standards Australia on 22 August 2005 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulations 213, 238(2) and 227 | AS/NZS 3016:2002 Electrical installations—Electric security fences, 2nd edition, published by Standards Australia on 10 January 2003 | The whole |
| Statutory rule provision | Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document | Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document |
| Regulation 105 definitions of aerial bundled cable, AS/NZS 3560.1 | AS/NZS 3560.1:2000 Electric cables—Cross-linked polyethylene insulated—Aerial bundled—For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1(1.2) kV, Part 1: Aluminium conductors, published by Standards Australia on 7 April 2000 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definitions of aerial bundled cable, AS/NZS 3560.2 | AS/NZS 3560.2:2003 Electric cables—Cross-linked polyethylene insulated—Aerial bundled—For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1(1.2) kV Part 2: Copper conductors, published by Standards Australia on 17 July 2003 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definitions of aerial bundled cable, AS/NZS 3599.1 | AS/NZS 3599.1:2003 Electric cables—Aerial bundled—Polymeric insulated—Voltages 6.35/11(12) kV and 12.7/22(24) kV Part 1: Metallic screened, published by Standards Australia on 11 September 2003 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definitions of aerial bundled cable, AS/NZS 3599.2 | AS/NZS 3599.2:1999 Electric cables—Aerial bundled—Polymeric insulated—Voltages 6.35/11(12) kV and 12.7/22(24) kV Part 2: Non‑metallic screened, published by Standards Australia on 5 June 1999 | The whole |
| Statutory rule provision | Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document | Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulation 225(1)(f)(i) | AS 3600:2018 Concrete structures, 5th edition, published by Standards Australia on 29 June 2018 incorporating amendment No. 1 (November 2018) | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulation 232 | AS 3891.1:2008 Air navigation—Cables and their supporting structures—Marking and safety requirements Part 1: Permanent marking of overhead cables and their supporting structures for other than planned low-level flying, 2nd edition, published by Standards Australia on 19 March 2008 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulation 232 | AS 3891.2:2018 Air navigation—Cables and their supporting structures—Marking and safety requirements Part 2: Low level aviation operations, 3rd edition, published by Standards Australia on 15 August 2018 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulation 221(2)(a) | AS/NZS 4680:2006 Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on fabricated ferrous articles, 2nd edition, published by Standards Australia on 30 August 2006 | The whole |
| Statutory rule provision | Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document | Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulation 225(1)(f)(ii) | AS 4702—2000 Polymeric cable protection covers, published by Standards Australia on 1 December 2000 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulation 221(2)(a) | AS/NZS 4792:2006 Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on ferrous hollow sections, applied by a continuous or specialized process, 2nd edition, published by Standards Australia on 17 July 2006 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definitions of Regulation 243 | AS/NZS 5033:2014 Installation and safety requirements for photovoltaic (PV) arrays, 3rd edition, published by Standards Australia on 6 November 2014 incorporating Amendments No. 1 (June 2018) and No. 2 (June 2018) | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definitions of Regulations 212 and 244 | AS/NZS 5139:2019 Electrical installations—Safety of battery systems for use with power conversion equipment, published by Standards Australia on 11 October 2019 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of Regulations 202 and 205(1) | AS/NZS 7000:2016 Overhead line design, 2nd edition, published by Standards Australia on 17 May 2016 | The whole |
| Statutory rule provision | Title of applied, adopted or incorporated document | Matter in applied, adopted or incorporated document |
| Regulation 105 definitions of embedded network and metering code | Electricity Customer Metering Code published by the Essential Services Commission on 13 October 2014 | Part 4 |
| Regulation 105 definition of the Blue Book Regulations 205(3), 501(2)(d), 502(2)(d), 615(a) and 616(2)(b) | The Blue Book 2017, Code of Practice on electrical safety for the work on or near high voltage electrical apparatus published by Energy Safe Victoria on 13 November 2017 | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of the Orange Book Regulations 503(1)(d), 615(b) and 616(2)(c) | Victorian Traction Industry Electrical Safety Rules 2014 (known as the Orange Book), published by Energy Safe Victoria in 2014 (revised May 2017) | The whole |
| Regulation 105 definition of vegetation management rules Regulation 616(2)(a) | Electrical Safety Rules for Vegetation Management Work Near Overhead Powerlines by Non-Electrical Workers, published by Energy Safe Victoria in 2013 | The whole |
| Regulation 507 | Requirements for the effective supervision of apprentice electricians, published by Energy Safe Victoria in 2018 | The whole |
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