Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) A person, other than an authorised person, must not prune or clear the whole or any part of a tree if the tree or any part of the tree that is pruned or cleared could fall closer to a relevant installation than—
(a) in the case of a relevant installation operating at low voltage, 2 metres in all directions; and
(b) in the case of a high voltage electrical installation or aerial line of a small gauge railway with a voltage set out in Row A in Column 1 or 2 of Table 319, the relevant minimum distance specified in Row B in Column 1 or 2 of Table 319.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) An authorised person must, before pruning or clearing the whole or any part of a tree to which subregulation (1) applies, notify the owner of the relevant installation.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) In this regulation authorised person means a person who holds a current certificate specifying satisfactory completion of a training course in tree clearing, approved by Energy Safe Victoria.
TABLE 319—Minimum distances from falling trees or parts of trees to high voltage electrical installations and aerial lines of a small gauge railway or tramway system