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UTILITY NETWORKS (PUBLIC SAFETY) REGULATIONS 2001 (2001 NO 28) - REG 23

Clearances from aerial lines—vehicles

    (1)         A person must not, without reasonable excuse, operate a vehicle on land if any part of the vehicle is too close to an aerial line.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)         In this regulation:

"vehicle" includes any load on the vehicle but does not include mobile plant to which regulation 24 applies.

    (3)         A part of a vehicle is too close to an aerial line if at any time it 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

0.3m

0.6m

0.9m

2.1m

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



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