Victorian Numbered Regulations

ELECTRICITY SAFETY (INSTALLATIONS) REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 164 OF 2009) - REG 314

A person must not—

        (a)     place or allow to remain any flammable material closer than 3000 millimetres in any direction from a wall or fence of any substation or switch yard that forms part of a relevant installation; or

        (b)     place or allow to remain any flammable material vertically below an aerial line that forms part of a relevant installation; or

        (c)     place or allow to remain any flammable material so that, at any time, the flammable material is closer than the relevant horizontal distance specified in Row A of Table 314 from any point of the vertical projection below an aerial line that forms part of a relevant installation; or

        (d)     place or allow to remain any material so that, at any time, the material is closer than the relevant horizontal distance marked "h" specified in Row B of Table 314 from any point of the vertical projection below an aerial line that forms part of a relevant installation unless the material is no closer vertically below the line than the vertical distance marked "v" specified in Row B of Table 314.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

TABLE 314—Minimum distances from materials to aerial lines

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
		Aerial lines Nominal voltage ("U")
Type of material	U ≤ 1500V d.c. traction conductor	1kV a.c. or 1500V d.c. < U ≤ 33kV	33kV< U ≤ 132kV	132kV< U ≤ 275kV	275kV< U ≤ 330kV	330kV< U ≤ 500kV
Row A
Flammable material Horizontal distance	3000 mm	3000 mm	3000 mm	4600 mm	5500 mm	6400 mm
Row B
Any other material "h"	1500 mm	2100 mm	3000 mm	4500 mm	5500 mm	6400 mm
"v"	3700 mm	4600 mm	4600 mm	6800 mm	8000 mm	9800 mm