608Protected infrastructure—excavating

608 Protected infrastructure—excavating

(1) A person must not make an excavation deeper than 300 millimetres on public land unless the person—

(a) has inspected—

(i) the register kept by the relevant distribution company under section 77(1) of the Act; and

(ii) the register kept by the relevant person who operates a railway under section 76(2) of the Act; and

(b) has located any underground protected infrastructure in the vicinity of the excavation.

(2) A person must not cut away, excavate or remove, or cause to be cut away, excavated or removed, any earth or material supporting or covering any protected infrastructure so as to endanger the stability of the infrastructure or reduce the depth of the infrastructure.

(3) A person must not make an excavation deeper than—

(a) 900 millimetres at a distance closer than 15 000 millimetres; or

(b) 300 millimetres at a distance closer than 1500 millimetres—

from any tower supporting any protected infrastructure.

(4) A person must not make an excavation deeper than—

(a) 1800 millimetres at a distance closer than 3000 millimetres; or

(b) 900 millimetres at a distance closer than 1500 millimetres—

from any pole or lighting standard supporting any protected infrastructure or from any pole or bed log to which is affixed a staywire used for the support of the protected infrastructure.

(5) A person must not make an excavation deeper than 300 millimetres at a distance closer than 600 millimetres from any wall, fence or foundation of a substation of a protected infrastructure.

(6) A person must not make an excavation or penetration deeper than 300 millimetres within 10 000 millimetres of a SWER substation.

(7) A person must not make an excavation or penetration deeper than 300 millimetres on private land if the person knows or should reasonably have known that an underground electric line was located in the vicinity of the proposed excavation or penetration.

(8) A person does not contravene subregulation (7) if the person has inspected any record of the route of underground lines located on the property and located any underground lines in the vicinity of the proposed excavation or penetration.