Regulations

• Electricity Safety (Network Assets) Regulations provide for the safe generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity.

• Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) Regulations prescribe the Code of Practice for Electric Line Clearance which sets out the practices to be adopted and observed in tree pruning or clearing in the vicinity of electric lines.

• Electricity Safety (Installations) Regulations provide for the registration of electrical contractors, the licensing of electrical workers, safety standards for electrical installations and electrical workers, and testing certification of electrical installation work.

• Electricity Safety (Equipment) Regulations provide for minimum safety standards for electrical equipment, the approval of prescribed electrical equipment and the certification of other electrical equipment.

• Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations provide for standards of energy efficiency, energy labelling and performance for proclaimed electrical equipment, including the introduction of minimum energy performance standards.

• Electricity Safety (Stray Current Corrosion) Regulations provide standards for the design, installation and operation of cathodic protection systems and systems for the mitigation of stray current corrosion so as to protect metallic structures.

• Electricity Safety (Management) Regulations 1999 Regulations provide for the standards with which electricity safety management schemes and electricity safety managers must comply, and the procedures for recommendation of electricity safety managers and electricity safety management schemes for acceptance.

• Electricity Safety (Infringements) Regulations 2000 prescribe various provisions of the Electricity Safety Act 1998 and the regulations under that Act which create offences in respect of which infringement notices may be served.

• Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation) Regulations 2003 As of 1 July 2003, the Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation) Regulations 2003 mandate the areas of the supply network that must be included in the electricity suppliers’ bushfire mitigation plans for action prior to each high fire danger period. The plans must outline a maintenance regime to inspect and repair electricity infrastructure to minimise the risk of powerlines starting fires.