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UTILITIES (TECHNICAL REGULATION) ACT 2014 - SECT 28

Definitions—pt 4

In this part:

"dangerous incident" means an incident that exposes, or potentially exposes, a person to a serious risk to the person's health or safety emanating from an immediate or imminent exposure to—

        (a)     an uncontrolled escape, spillage or leakage of a substance onto land, adjacent land or premises; or

        (b)     an uncontrolled implosion, explosion or fire; or

        (c)     an uncontrolled escape of gas or steam; or

        (d)     an uncontrolled escape of a pressurised substance; or

        (e)     electric shock; or

        (f)     the fall or release from a height of any plant, installation, substance or thing; or

        (g)     the collapse, overturning, failure or malfunction of, or damage to, any plant used in relation to the provision of a regulated utility service; or

        (h)     the collapse or partial collapse of a structure; or

              (i)     the collapse or failure of an excavation or of any shoring supporting an excavation; or

        (j)     the inrush of water, mud or gas in workings, in an underground excavation or tunnel, utility pit, switchboard, pipe or conduit; or

        (k)     any other event identified in a technical code; or

        (l)     any other event prescribed by regulation.

"notifiable incident" means an incident, in relation to the operation of a regulated utility network, or infrastructure used in a regulated utility network, that involves—

        (a)     the death of a person; or

        (b)     a dangerous incident; or

        (c)     serious damage to public or private property; or

        (d)     serious damage to the environment.



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