Electrical Safety Regulation 2026
sec.20Service line
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sec.20 Service line
This section applies if an electrical installation receives electricity distributed by an electricity entity. The person in control of the electrical installation must provide suitable means for the connection of the person’s electrical installation to a service line. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. The person in control of the electrical installation must maintain any facilities for— attaching an overhead service line to supply electricity to the electrical installation; or the entrance, support, protection and termination of an underground service line to supply electricity to the electrical installation. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. a service riser bracket timber backing for a closed eye bolt However, subsection (3) does not require the person to maintain the insulation of any clamp or apparatus supplied by the person for the purposes of a joint needed for consumer terminals. (sec.20-ssec.1) This section applies if an electrical installation receives electricity distributed by an electricity entity. (sec.20-ssec.2) The person in control of the electrical installation must provide suitable means for the connection of the person’s electrical installation to a service line. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.20-ssec.3) The person in control of the electrical installation must maintain any facilities for— attaching an overhead service line to supply electricity to the electrical installation; or the entrance, support, protection and termination of an underground service line to supply electricity to the electrical installation. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. a service riser bracket timber backing for a closed eye bolt (sec.20-ssec.4) However, subsection (3) does not require the person to maintain the insulation of any clamp or apparatus supplied by the person for the purposes of a joint needed for consumer terminals.
- (a) attaching an overhead service line to supply electricity to the electrical installation; or
- (b) the entrance, support, protection and termination of an underground service line to supply electricity to the electrical installation.
- • a service riser bracket
- • timber backing for a closed eye bolt