New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ELECTRICITY SAFETY (CORROSION PROTECTION) REGULATION 1998 - REG 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:
"approval" means an approval under clause 7.
"approved system" means a cathodic protection system the subject of an approval.
"AS 2832.1" means the standard entitled Guide to the Cathodic Protection of Metals: Part 1--Pipes, Cables and Ducts, numbered AS 2832.1 , as in force for the time being, and published by Standards Australia.
"authorised tester" means a person who is for the time being appointed as an authorised tester under clause 15.
"cathodic protection system" means any appliances, wires, fittings or other apparatus designed, intended, or used for the protection, by means of electrical currents, of metallic structures in contact with land, including water, from external corrosion, and includes drainage bonds, boosted drainage bonds and cross bonds.

Note: The definition of "cathodic protection system" is identical to the definition of "cathodic protection system" in the Act.

"compact structure" means a structure (such as a storage tank) whose greatest dimension is no greater than 5 times its smallest dimension.
"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Ministry of Energy and Utilities.
"foreign structure", in relation to a cathodic protection system, means any metallic structure (other than the primary structure that the system is installed to protect) that is situated in the vicinity of the system, whether in or on the ground or in or on water.
"galvanic anode system" means a cathodic protection system that operates by means of galvanic anodes within the meaning of AS 2832.1 .
"impressed current system" means a cathodic protection system that operates by means of impressed current within the meaning of AS 2832.1 .
"interference test" means an electrical test that indicates the risk of corrosion to a foreign structure by a cathodic protection system.
"Ministry" means the Ministry of Energy and Utilities.
"Ministry guidelines" means the guidelines for the time being approved by the Director-General under clause 14.
"objection" means an objection under clause 9.
"primary structure", in relation to a cathodic protection system, means the structure that the cathodic protection system is installed to protect.
"stray current" means current that leaks to earth from a primary structure.
"the Act" means the Electricity Safety Act 1945 .

(2) A person is taken to operate a cathodic protection system for the purposes of this Regulation:

(a) if the person has control over a cathodic protection system that has been installed to protect a structure, and

(b) if current flows between the system and the structure.