616Protected infrastructure—vegetation management work

616 Protected infrastructure—vegetation management work

(1) A person (other than a qualified person) must not carry out vegetation management work if the vegetation is closer to a protected aerial line set out in column 1 of Table 616 than the relevant minimum distance specified in column 2 or 3 of that Table that corresponds to that aerial line.

See also regulations 614(1) and 617(1).

(2) A qualified person carrying out vegetation management work in the vicinity of a protected aerial line must comply with—

(a) the vegetation management rules; and

(b) the Blue Book when working on or near high voltage electrical equipment; and

(c) the Orange Book when working on or near a railway or tramway supply network.

A qualified person carrying out vegetation management work must comply with the safe approach distances set out in the vegetation management rules.

(3) In this regulation, qualified person means a person who holds a current certificate that is approved by Energy Safe Victoria specifying satisfactory completion of a training course in tree clearing.

Table 616—Minimum distances of vegetation from protected aerial lines for persons (other than qualified persons) carrying out vegetation management work

| Column 1<br>Type of aerial line Nominal voltage ("U") | Column 2<br>Minimum distance of vegetation vertically below the protected aerial line | Column 3<br>Minimum distance of vegetation from the protected aerial line (other than vertically below) | | Insulated low voltage conductors | 100 mm | 300 mm | | Bare or covered low voltage conductors | 1000 mm | 3000 mm | | High voltage conductors U ≤ 66 kV | 2000 mm | 4000 mm | | High voltage conductors 66 kV < U ≤ 500 kV | 6000 mm | 8000 mm |