sec.253Electric line and control cable requirements

sec.253 Electric line and control cable requirements

Each of the following requirements apply for electric lines and control cables forming part of the works of an electricity entity— the lines and cables must be designed and constructed to ensure— compliance with applicable safety clearance requirements under sections 254 to 257 , and 259, for clearance to the ground, buildings and other structures, and to other conductors; and the clearances are appropriate having regard to environmental, construction and service conditions; underground cables are installed in a way that takes account of local environmental and service conditions, the location of other public utility provider services and the risk of damage from excavation; if an underground cable is located above the surface of the ground at a particular place and is accessible to the public, it must be mechanically protected from the point at which it leaves the ground up to a height of 2.4m above any surface near the place on which a person is able to stand; a low voltage overhead service must be an insulated cable or a neutral screened cable. In this section— insulated cable means an insulated aerial cable complying with— AS/NZS 5000.1 (Electric cables—Polymeric insulated—For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1 (1.2) kV); or AS/NZS 3560.1 (Electric cables—Cross-linked polyethylene insulated—Aerial bundled—For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1(1.2) kV). (sec.253-ssec.1) Each of the following requirements apply for electric lines and control cables forming part of the works of an electricity entity— the lines and cables must be designed and constructed to ensure— compliance with applicable safety clearance requirements under sections 254 to 257 , and 259, for clearance to the ground, buildings and other structures, and to other conductors; and the clearances are appropriate having regard to environmental, construction and service conditions; underground cables are installed in a way that takes account of local environmental and service conditions, the location of other public utility provider services and the risk of damage from excavation; if an underground cable is located above the surface of the ground at a particular place and is accessible to the public, it must be mechanically protected from the point at which it leaves the ground up to a height of 2.4m above any surface near the place on which a person is able to stand; a low voltage overhead service must be an insulated cable or a neutral screened cable. (sec.253-ssec.2) In this section— insulated cable means an insulated aerial cable complying with— AS/NZS 5000.1 (Electric cables—Polymeric insulated—For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1 (1.2) kV); or AS/NZS 3560.1 (Electric cables—Cross-linked polyethylene insulated—Aerial bundled—For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1(1.2) kV).

• (a) the lines and cables must be designed and constructed to ensure— (i) compliance with applicable safety clearance requirements under sections 254 to 257 , and 259, for clearance to the ground, buildings and other structures, and to other conductors; and (ii) the clearances are appropriate having regard to environmental, construction and service conditions;