Victorian Numbered Regulations

ELECTRICITY SAFETY (INSTALLATIONS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 164 OF 2009) - REG 225

    (1)     An aerial line carrying alternating current at a voltage set out in Row V of Table 225.1 must not, at any time, be closer to a building or structure or part of a building or structure specified in Rows A to D in Column 1 of Table 225.1 than the relevant minimum distance specified for that type of aerial line in Column 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 for the relevant Row of that Table.

    (2)     An aerial line carrying direct current at a voltage set out in Row V of Table 225.2 must not, at any time, be closer to a building or structure or part of a building or structure specified in Row A to E in Column 1 of Table 225.2 than the relevant minimum distance specified for that type of aerial line in Column 2, 3 or 4 for the relevant Row of that Table.

    (3)     The minimum distances in Rows A, B, C and D of Tables 225.1 and 225.2 do not apply to the connection of an aerial line to a pole, tower or substation.

    (4)     The minimum distances in Rows B, C and D of Tables 225.1 and 225.2 do not apply to—

        (a)     that part of an aerial line close to a building or structure for the purposes of supplying electricity to the building or structure; or

        (b)     low voltage insulated conductors attached to the façade of any building or structure; or

        (c)     high voltage insulated conductors attached to a part of a building or structure on private land that is—

              (i)     not the façade of that building or a part of that building; or

              (ii)     not adjoining a public way or space.

    (5)     Figures 225.1 and 225.2 are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be a comprehensive depiction of the situations they illustrate.

Note

Row labels contained in Tables 225.1 and 225.2 correspond with letters shown in figures 225.1 and 225.2.

TABLE 225.1—Minimum distances to parts of buildings or structures from aerial lines carrying alternating current

	Minimum distance for type of aerial line and nominal voltage ("U")
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7	Column 8
Alternating current aerial line	Insulated with earthed screen	Insulated without earthed screen	Bare or covered	Bare	Bare	Bare	Bare
Row V
Voltage	U>1kV	U>1kV	1kV < U ≤ 33kV	33kV < U ≤ 132kV	132kV < U ≤ 275kV	275kV < U ≤ 330kV	330kV < U ≤ 500kV
Row A
Vertically above those parts of a building or structure normally accessible to persons	2700 mm	3700 mm	4500 mm	5000 mm	6800 mm	8000 mm	9800 mm
Row B
Vertically above those parts of a building or structure not normally accessible to persons but on which a person can stand	100 mm	2700 mm	3700 mm	4500 mm	6000 mm	7000 mm	8000 mm
Row C
In any direction, other than vertically above, from those parts of a building or structure normally accessible to persons, or from any part not normally accessible to persons but on which a person can stand	100 mm	1500 mm	2100 mm	3000 mm	4600 mm	5500 mm	6400 mm
Row D
In any direction from those parts of a building or structure not normally accessible to persons	100 mm	600 mm	1500 mm	2500 mm	3700 mm	4700 mm	6400 mm

TABLE 225.2—Minimum distances to parts of buildings or structures from aerial lines carrying direct current

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3		Column 4
	Minimum distance for type of aerial line and nominal voltage ("U")
Row V	U≤ 600V	U≤ 600V	600V < U≤ 1500V
Direct current aerial line	Insulated	Bare	Bare or insulated
Row A
Vertically above those parts of a building or structure normally accessible to persons	2700 mm	3700 mm	4500 mm
Row B
Vertically above those parts of a building or structure not normally accessible to persons but on which a person can stand	100 mm	2700 mm	3700 mm
Row C
In any direction, other than vertically above, from those parts of a building or structure normally accessible to persons or vertically below as described in row E, or from any part not normally accessible to persons but on which a person can stand	100 mm	1500 mm	2100 mm
Row D
In any direction, other than vertically below as described in row E, from those parts of a building or structure not normally accessible to persons	100 mm	600 mm	1500 mm

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3		Column 4
Direct current aerial line	Insulated	Bare	Bare or insulated
Row E
Vertically below those parts of a building or structure erected over a small gauge railway or tramway system	100 mm	300 mm	300 mm