The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe certain matters for the purposes of the bushfire mitigation duties owed by major electricity companies under Part 10A of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 157 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 1 September 2017.
4 Definitions
In these Regulations—
Central Plan Office means the Central Plan Office of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning;
high impedance faults means a resistance value in ohms that is equal to twice the nominal phase-to-ground network voltage in volts;
I2t means a measure of the thermal energy associated with the current flow, where I is the current flow in amps and t is the duration of current flow in seconds;
means a resistance value in ohms that is equal to the nominal phase‑to-ground network voltage in volts divided by 31·75;
5 Zone substations and allocated substation points
(1) For the purposes of the definition of zone substation in section 120K of the Act, a substation is prescribed if it is specified in Schedule 1.
(2) For the purposes of the definition of allocated substation points in section 120K of the Act, the points that are prescribed in respect of a zone substation are the points set out in Column 6 of the Table in Schedule 1 that correspond to that substation.
6 Electric line construction area
For the purposes of the definition of electric line construction area in section 120K of the Act, a prescribed plan is a plan lodged in the Central Plan Office that is specified in Schedule 2.
7 Required capacity
For the purposes of the definition of required capacity in section 120K of the Act, the prescribed capacity is the ability—
(a) to reduce the voltage on the faulted conductor in relation to the station earth when measured at the corresponding zone substation for high impedance faults to 250 volts within 2 seconds; and
(b) to reduce the voltage on the faulted conductor in relation to the station earth when measured at the corresponding zone substation for low impedance faults to—
(i) 1900 volts within 85 milliseconds; and
(ii) 750 volts within 500 milliseconds; and
(iii) 250 volts within 2 seconds; and
(c) during diagnostic tests for high impedance faults, to limit—
(i) fault current to 0·5 amps or less; and
(ii) the thermal energy on the electric line to a maximum I2t value of 0·10.
8 Prescribed specification for covering or placing underground electric lines
For the purposes of sections 120N and 120P of the Act, the prescribed specification for an electric line is that it has a nominal voltage of between 1 kV and 22 kV inclusive.
Schedule 1—Zone substations
Regulation 5
Column 1<br>Item
Column 2<br>Name
Column 3<br>Code
Column 4<br>Latitude
Column 5<br>Longitude
Column 6<br>Points
1
Winchelsea
WIN
-38·23644
144·00102
5
2
Colac
CLC
-38·34092
143·60619
5
3
Eaglehawk
EHK
-36·71772
144·25089
5
4
Woori Yallock
WYK
-37·77634
145·52933
5
5
Maryborough
MRO
-37·04909
143·73727
5
6
Seymour
SMR
-37·02548
145·14068
5
7
Ballarat South
BAS
-37·59450
143·79908
5
8
Bendigo TS
BET
-36·78289
144·25296
5
9
Wangaratta
WN
-36·35744
146·31022
5
10
Castlemaine
CMN
-37·07182
144·20637
4
11
Camperdown
CDN
-38·22599
143·15655
4
12
Woodend
WND
-37·33385
144·51729
4
13
Kinglake
KLK
-37·51440
145·31615
4
14
Rubicon A
ALA, MVE
-37·29287
145·81850
4
15
Bairnsdale
BDL
-37·82537
147·61261
4
16
Geelong
GL
-38·13477
144·33741
4
17
Ballarat
BAN
-37·50088
143·85096
4
18
Waurn Ponds
WPD
-38·21082
144·30380
4
19
Lilydale
LDL
-37·76339
145·35840
3
20
Wodonga and Tallangatta
WOTS
-36·15439
146·94682
3
21
Myrtleford
MYT
-36·55745
146·72525
3
22
Barnawartha
BWA
-36·10556
146·67345
3
23
Kilmore South
KMS
-37·31798
144·97174
3
24
Kalkallo
KLO
-37·53833
144·94140
3
25
Gisborne
GSB
-37·45352
144·57625
3
26
Belgrave
BGE
-37·93056
145·36096
3
27
Moe
MOE
-38·18424
146·25908
3
28
Mansfield
MSD
-37·05458
146·08802
2
29
Ferntree Gully
FGY
-37·89304
145·29167
2
30
Eltham
ELM
-37·71675
145·13881
2
31
Ringwood North
RWN
-37·79260
145·23449
2
32
Charlton
CTN
-36·26562
143·35478
2
33
Benalla
BN
-36·55160
145·98000
2
34
Koroit
KRT
-38·31541
142·43245
2
35
Hamilton
HTN
-37·73876
142·02283
2
36
Terang
TRG
-38·23860
142·91531
2
37
Merbein
MBN
-34·16805
142·05807
1
38
Stawell
STL
-37·05833
142·77839
1
39
Bendigo
BGO
-36·76102
144·27897
1
40
Ararat
ART
-37·28308
142·93030
1
41
Coolaroo
COO
-37·64207
144·93391
1
42
Corio
CRO
-38·07445
144·35898
1
43
Lang Lang
LLG
-38·26605
145·56266
1
44
Wonthaggi
WGI
-38·60885
145·58860
1
45
Sale
SLE
-38·10364
147·06972
1
Schedule 2—Electric line construction areas
Regulation 6
Column 1<br>Item
Column 2<br>Number of plan lodged in the Central Plan Office
1
LEGL./16-199
2
LEGL./16-200
3
LEGL./16-201
4
LEGL./16-202
5
LEGL./16-203
6
LEGL./16-204
7
LEGL./16-205
8
LEGL./16-206
9
LEGL./16-207
10
LEGL./16-208
11
LEGL./16-209
12
LEGL./16-210
13
LEGL./16-211
14
LEGL./16-212
15
LEGL./16-213
16
LEGL./16-214
17
LEGL./16-215
18
LEGL./16-216
19
LEGL./16-217
20
LEGL./16-218
21
LEGL./16-219
22
LEGL./16-220
23
LEGL./16-221
24
LEGL./16-222
25
LEGL./16-223
26
LEGL./16-224
27
LEGL./16-225
28
LEGL./16-226
29
LEGL./16-227
30
LEGL./16-228
31
LEGL./16-229
32
LEGL./16-230
33
LEGL./16-231
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Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation Duties) Regulations 2017, S.R. No. 85/2017 were made on 22 August 2017 by the Governor in Council under section 157 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998, No. 25/1998 and came into operation on 1 September 2017: regulation 3.
The Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation Duties) Regulations 2017 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 22 August 2027 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation Duties) Regulations 2017 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
3 Amendments Not in Operation
There are no amendments which were Not in Operation at the date of this publication.