502Safety standards—complex electrical installations

502 Safety standards—complex electrical installations

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

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

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

(c) 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 complex electrical installation that is not part of a railway or tramway supply network must ensure that—

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

(b) any person operating or maintaining the complex 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 complex electrical installation is trained, authorised and instructed to perform the work on the complex 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 a part of the complex electrical installation that is operating at high voltage—

(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 any parts of the complex electrical installation that is operating at high voltage, as required by the Blue Book.

(3) An owner or operator of a complex electrical installation that is not part of a railway or tramway supply network must prepare written operating and maintenance procedures that describe the methods of operation, maintenance, earthing, isolation, energisation and de-energisation of the complex electrical installation.