Queensland Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATION 2013 - REG 69

69 Meaning of unsafe distance for persons, operating plant and vehicles for overhead electric lines

(1) A person comes within an
"unsafe distance" of an overhead electric line if the person is within the exclusion zone for the person for the line.

(2) Any operating plant, or a vehicle, comes within an
"unsafe distance" of an overhead electric line if the operating plant or vehicle is within the exclusion zone for the operating plant or vehicle for the line.

(3) For applying this section—

(a) a person includes any article of clothing worn by the person, and any conductive object the person is handling; and

(b) operating plant includes anything the operating plant is handling, other than—

(i) a person; or

(ii) a hand held object the person is handling; and

(c) a vehicle includes anything the vehicle is carrying or otherwise handling.

(4) Despite subsection (3) , the person, operating plant or vehicle does not include an object, including, for example, a tool, that alone or with another object or objects is an extension from the person, operating plant or vehicle if the object—

(a) is insulated; and

(b) the object has been tested and found to be safe for use on and near the electric line.

(5) In this section—

"exclusion zone" , for a person, operating plant or vehicle for an overhead electric line, means the distance from the line stated for the person, plant or vehicle in schedule 2 .