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Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019
613Minimum distances between transported loads and protected aerial lines
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613 Minimum distances between transported loads and protected aerial lines
A person must not drive or manoeuvre a vehicle with a load or transport a load so that the load is closer to a protected aerial line set out in Row A of Table 613 than the relevant minimum distance specified in Row B of that Table that corresponds to that protected aerial line.
Table 613—Minimum distances from transported loads to protected aerial lines
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7
- Alternating current aerial lines Nominal voltage ("U")
- Row AAerial line U ≤ 1 kV a.c. bare conductor and U ≤ 1500V d.c. traction conductor U ≤ 1 kV a.c. insulated conductor 1 kV< U ≤ 66 kV a.c. and 1500V < U ≤ 66 kV d.c. 66 kV< U ≤ 132 kV 132 kV< U ≤ 275 kV 275 kV< U ≤ 330 kV 330 kV< U ≤ 500 kV
- Row BMinimum distance from the aerial line in all directions 600 mm 300 mm 1000 mm 1500 mm 3200 mm 3700 mm 4700 mm