Electricity Supply (Safety and Network Management) Amendment (Codes and Standards) Regulation 2015 (NSW)

New South Wales

Electricity Supply (Safety and Network Management) Amendment (Codes and Standards) Regulation 2015

under the

Electricity Supply Act 1995

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Electricity Supply Act 1995.

ANTHONY ROBERTS, MP

Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Electricity Supply (Safety and Network Management)

Regulation 2014 to provide that:

(a)	a network operator’s safety management system must be in accordance with Australian Standard AS 5577—2013 Electricity network safety management systems (rather than, as an alternative, any other code or standard nominated by the Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy), and
(b)	a network operator must, in determining the content of a safety management system, take into account any code, standard or guideline specified by that Minister.

This Regulation is made under the Electricity Supply Act 1995, including section 191 (the general regulation-making power), particularly section 191 (1A) (e).

Electricity Supply (Safety and Network Management) Amendment (Codes and Standards) Regulation 2015

under the

Electricity Supply Act 1995

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Electricity Supply (Safety and Network Management)
Amendment (Codes and Standards) Regulation 2015.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Electricity Supply (Safety and
Network Management) Regulation 2014

[1]      Clause 7 Content of safety management system

Omit “or with any other code or standard that the Minister may, by written notice given to the network operator, nominate” from clause 7 (1) (a).

[2]      Clause 7 (2) and (3)

Omit clause 7 (2)–(4). Insert instead:

(2)

In determining the content of its safety management system, a network
operator must take into account:

(a)	the primary objective of safety management systems, and
(b)	any code, standard or guideline specified by the Minister by notice in writing given to the network operator.

(3)

A safety management system must specify where it departs from the provisions of any such code, standard or guideline and what arrangements are in place to ensure an equal or better outcome.

[3]      Clause 11 Auditing of safety management system

Omit “documents” from clause 11 (4) (c). Insert instead “standard”.