Victorian Numbered Regulations

ELECTRICITY SAFETY (INSTALLATIONS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 164 OF 2009) - REG 303

    (1)     A person who owns or operates the supply network of a small gauge railway (an "owner or operator") must ensure that—

        (a)     the supply network or the installed, altered, repaired or maintained portion of the supply network complies with Division 1 of Part 2; and

        (b)     the small gauge railway is designed, installed, operated and maintained in such a manner as to minimise the risks to safety of any person and the risks of damage to property arising from the leakage of stray electrical currents from that small gauge railway; and

        (c)     the supply network is safe and maintained and operated safely; and

        (d)     an assessment of the owner or operator's compliance with the requirements of subregulation (2) is carried out by a competent person at least once every two years.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person who owns or operates the supply network of a small gauge railway (an "owner or operator") must ensure that—
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        (a)     any person operating the supply network of the system has a standard of qualifications, proficiency and experience that enables that person to safely perform their function; and

        (b)     any person operating or maintaining the supply network of the system has written operating and maintenance procedures that describe the methods of operation, maintenance, earthing, isolation, energisation and de-energisation of the supply network of the system; and

        (c)     any person operating or maintaining any part of the supply network of the system is trained, authorised and instructed to perform the work on the supply network of the system in accordance with the owner or operator's operating and maintenance procedures; and

        (d)     any person under the control of the owner or operator who is working on or near a supply network of the system that is operating at high voltage—

              (i)     is appropriately trained in accordance with the Blue Book and aware of the requirements of the Blue Book; and

              (ii)     complies with the provisions of the Blue Book that apply to the work that the person is carrying out; and

        (e)     an Electrical Access Authority for work on the supply network of the system, as required by the Blue Book, is used by any person under the control of the owner or operator who is working on or near a supply network of the system that is operating at high voltage.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.