Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019
214Electricity supplies—construction and demolition sites
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214 Electricity supplies—construction and demolition sites
(1) Any switchboard or metering enclosure (other than a free standing enclosure) installed on a construction or demolition site must be securely attached to a pole, post, wall or other structure that is rigid and secure.
(2) Any free standing switchboard or metering enclosure installed on a construction or demolition site must be securely fixed in place.
(3) Any underground consumer's mains that enter into a switchboard or metering enclosure installed on a construction or demolition site must—
(a) from the point at which it exits the ground up to the point at which it enters the enclosure, be enclosed in compliant heavy duty non*‑*metallic conduit; and
(b) from the point at which it exits the ground up to a point that is within 100 millimetres of the point at which it enters the enclosure, be provided with additional mechanical protection that is of a construction that meets the mechanical protection classification of WSX3 specified in Appendix F of AS/NZS 3013.
Compliant heavy duty non-metallic conduit is defined in regulation 105.