Victorian Numbered Regulations

ELECTRICITY SAFETY (INSTALLATIONS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 164 OF 2009) - REG 224

    (1)     An aerial line on public land or on private land not owned or leased by the owner of the line, other than a low voltage insulated conductor must not, at any time, be attached to the façade of any building.

    (2)     A low voltage insulated conductor on public land or on private land not owned or leased by the owner of the line, must not, at any time, be closer to a part of a building or structure specified in Column 1 of Table 224 than the relevant minimum distance specified in Column 2 of Table 224 opposite that conductor.

    (3)     Figures 224.1, 224.2 and 224.3 are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be a comprehensive depiction of the situations they illustrate.

TABLE 224—Minimum distances to parts of buildings or structures from low voltage insulated conductors supported along the
façade of the building or structure

	Column 1 Low voltage insulated conductor	Column 2 Minimum distance
A	Vertically from ground	2500 mm
B	Above windows and doors	300 mm
C	Each side of and below windows	500 mm
D	Each side of doors and balconies	1000 mm
E	From metallic parts	50 mm