sec.183NERZ

### sec.183 NERZ The site senior executive for an underground mine must ensure fixed, mobile and transportable electrical equipment installed or operated in a NERZ at the mine— is suitable for use in an underground mine; and either— is certified as having explosion protection; or has a degree of protection of, or equivalent to, at least IP55 under AS 60529—2004. Subsection (1) does not apply to electrical equipment— associated with hot work or live testing; or installed in a pressurised room. Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to electrical cables. In this section— pressurised means pressurised within the meaning of AS 2380.4—1994 ‘Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres—Explosion protection techniques—Pressurized rooms or pressurized enclosures’. (sec.183-ssec.1) The site senior executive for an underground mine must ensure fixed, mobile and transportable electrical equipment installed or operated in a NERZ at the mine— is suitable for use in an underground mine; and either— is certified as having explosion protection; or has a degree of protection of, or equivalent to, at least IP55 under AS 60529—2004. (sec.183-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to electrical equipment— associated with hot work or live testing; or installed in a pressurised room. (sec.183-ssec.2A) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to electrical cables. (sec.183-ssec.3) In this section— pressurised means pressurised within the meaning of AS 2380.4—1994 ‘Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres—Explosion protection techniques—Pressurized rooms or pressurized enclosures’. - (a) is suitable for use in an underground mine; and - (b) either— (i) is certified as having explosion protection; or (ii) has a degree of protection of, or equivalent to, at least IP55 under AS 60529—2004. - (i) is certified as having explosion protection; or - (ii) has a degree of protection of, or equivalent to, at least IP55 under AS 60529—2004. - (i) is certified as having explosion protection; or - (ii) has a degree of protection of, or equivalent to, at least IP55 under AS 60529—2004. - (a) associated with hot work or live testing; or - (b) installed in a pressurised room.