Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

UTILITY NETWORKS (PUBLIC SAFETY) REGULATIONS 2001 (2001 NO 28) - REG 18

    (1)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, be too close to an aerial line.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)     Subregulation (1) does not apply to—

        (a)     the holder of an electrician's licence, grade A under the Electricity Safety Act 1971 who is carrying out electrical wiring work under that Act in relation to the line; or

        (b)     a person who is—

              (i)     carrying out work associated with the connection of premises to the relevant electricity network or varying the capacity of such a connection; and

              (ii)     accredited under the relevant technical code for such work.

    (3)     A person is too close to an aerial line if at any time the person, or any part of a thing held by or attached to the person, is within the minimum distance from any part of the line worked out in accordance with the following table:

direction in which minimum distance must be observed	minimum distance from insulated aerial cable or insulated aerial service line, where- U ≤ 1 kV	minimum distance from aerial conductor or covered aerial cable, where- U ≤ 1 kV	minimum distance from aerial conductor or aerial cable where- 1 kV < U ≤ 33 kV	minimum distance from aerial conductor or aerial cable where- 33 kV < U ≤ 132 kV
Any direction	0.1m	1.5m	2.0m	4.0m

Note      Symbols used in the table are defined in the dictionary.