Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019
612Minimum distances between parts of vehicles, vessels, plant, machinery and protected aerial lines
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 612
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019.
612 Minimum distances between parts of vehicles, vessels, plant, machinery and protected aerial lines
(1) A person must not operate a vehicle, vessel, fixed plant, mobile plant or machinery so that any part of the vehicle, vessel, plant, machinery or any fixed or removable attachment of that vehicle, vessel, plant or machinery comes closer to a protected aerial line set out in Row A of Table 612 than the relevant minimum distance specified in Row B of that Table that corresponds to that protected aerial line.
(2) This regulation does not apply to a person who is operating a vehicle to transport a load.
Table 612—Minimum distances from any part of a vehicle, plant or machinery to protected aerial lines
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row A<br>Aerial line | U ≤ 1500V d.c. traction conductor | U ≤ 1 kV a.c. insulated conductor | U ≤ 1 kV a.c. bare or covered conductor | 1 kV< U ≤ 66 kV | 66 kV< U ≤ 132 kV | 132 kV< U ≤ 500 kV |
| Row B<br>Minimum distance from the aerial line in all directions | 1000 mm | 500 mm | 1000 mm | 2000 mm | 4000 mm | 6400 mm |