Victorian Numbered Regulations

ELECTRICITY SAFETY (MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS 2009 (SR NO 165 OF 2009) - REG 6

    (1)     For the purpose of these Regulations, an access authority system is, for a safety management system for an applicable asset, a system—

        (a)     under which access to, or the carrying out of work on or near, the applicable asset or part of the applicable asset to which the electricity safety management scheme relates is controlled; and

        (b)     under which an access authority may be issued for the purpose of allowing access to, or the carrying out of work on or near, the applicable asset or part of the applicable asset to which the electricity safety management scheme relates; and

        (c)     that specifies the positions of the persons who are authorised by the relevant asset operator to issue an access authority and to supervise that access or the carrying out of that work; and

        (d)     that ensures that persons authorised to issue an access authority, and             persons carrying out that work under an access authority—

              (i)     are competent to do so; and

              (ii)     are provided with appropriate training, procedures, tools, equipment and emergency support.

    (2)     For the purpose of these Regulations, an access authority system is, for a safety management system for electrical work carried out by electrical workers employed by an employer operator, a system—

        (a)     under which the following is controlled—

              (i)     access to an electrical installation or electrical equipment while electrical work to which the electricity safety management scheme relates is being carried out on the installation or equipment;

              (ii)     the carrying out of work near an electrical installation or electrical equipment while electrical work to which the electricity safety management scheme relates is being carried out on the installation or equipment; and

        (b)     under which an access authority may be issued for the purpose of allowing access to, or the carrying out of work near, an electrical installation or electrical equipment while electrical work to which the electricity safety management scheme relates is being carried out on the installation or equipment; and

        (c)     that specifies the positions of the persons who are authorised by the employer operator to issue an access authority and to supervise that access or the carrying out of that work; and

        (d)     that ensures that persons authorised to issue an access authority, and             persons carrying out that work under an access authority—

              (i)     are competent to do so; and

              (ii)     are provided with appropriate training, procedures, tools, equipment and emergency support.

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