405Records to be maintained

405 Records to be maintained

An electricity supplier that has received a certificate of inspection referred to in section 45(2) of the Act must retain a copy of the certificate, together with a record of the date the supplier connected the installation to the electricity supply, for 3 years after the date of the certificate.

Part 5—Electrical safety duties and safety standards

Division 1—Safety standards and general duties

501 Safety standards—high voltage electrical installations

(1) An owner or operator of a high voltage electrical installation that is not a complex electrical installation or part of a railway or tramway supply network must ensure that—

(a) the high voltage electrical installation or the installed, altered, repaired or maintained portion of the high voltage electrical installation complies with Divisions 1 to 10 of Part 2; and

(b) any portion of the high voltage electrical installation using direct current does not leak stray electrical currents into the ground; and

(c) the high voltage electrical installation is safe and maintained and operated safely; and

(d) an assessment of the owner's or operator's compliance with the requirements of subregulation (2) is carried out by a competent person at least once every 2 years.

(2) An owner or operator of a high voltage electrical installation that is not a complex electrical installation or part of a railway or tramway supply network must ensure that—

(a) any person operating the high voltage electrical installation has a standard of qualifications, proficiency and experience that enables that person to safely operate the high voltage electrical installation; and

(b) any person operating or maintaining the high voltage electrical installation complies with the owner's or operator's operating and maintenance procedures; and

(c) any person operating or maintaining any part of the high voltage electrical installation is trained, authorised and instructed to perform the work on the high voltage electrical installation in accordance with the owner's or operator's operating and maintenance procedures; and

(d) any person under the control of the owner or operator who is working on or near the high voltage electrical installation—

(i) is appropriately trained in accordance with the Blue Book and aware of the requirements of the Blue Book; and

(ii) complies with the provisions of the Blue Book that apply to the work that the person is carrying out; and

(iii) uses an Electrical Access Authority for work on or near the high voltage electrical installation, as required by the Blue Book.