Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 24

24 Performance of high voltage live line work

(1) A person must not perform high voltage live line work unless the person’s performance of the work—

(a) is authorised in writing by the person in control of the electrical equipment the subject of the work; and

(b) is under a high voltage live line work management plan.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(2) A person in control of electrical equipment may authorise a person’s performance of high voltage live line work in relation to the electrical equipment only if—

(a) the person in control is satisfied the person—

(i) has successfully finished an appropriate course of training; and

(ii) has been assessed by the provider of the course as competent to perform the work; and

(b) the written authorisation states the voltages of the electrical equipment on which the high voltage live line work may be performed.

(3) If the written authorisation provides for the performance of work on more than 1 occasion, the entity that gives the authorisation must, while the authorisation is in force, cause the person authorised to perform the high voltage live line work to be regularly assessed to ensure the person remains competent to perform the work.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

"high voltage live line work management plan" means a plan for the performance of high voltage live line work that—

(a) includes procedures developed in accordance with each of the following standards—

(i) AS 5804.1 (High-voltage live working—General);

(ii) AS 5804.2 (High-voltage live working—Glove and barrier work);

(iii) AS 5804.3 (High-voltage live working—Stick work);

(iv) AS 5804.4 (High-voltage live working—Barehand work); and

(b) is developed in conjunction with each of the following—

(i) representatives of workers who are to perform high voltage live line work under the plan;

(ii) if the high voltage live line work involves the works of an electricity entity—the electricity entity;

(iii) other persons who might reasonably be expected to have an interest in the performance of the high voltage live line work; and

(c) has been approved by a person who—

(i) is an electrical engineer who has expertise as a professional engineer in the performance of high voltage live line work; or

(ii) has expertise the person in control of the electrical equipment the subject of the high voltage live line work decides is equivalent to the expertise mentioned in subparagraph (i) .