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Electricity Supply (Safety and Network Management) Regulation 2014
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#### 30 Requirements for carrying out excavation work
30 Requirements for carrying out excavation work
> > (1) If power lines information provided to a person requires notice of proposed notifiable excavation work to be given to the network operator that owns underground electricity power lines in the vicinity of the proposed work before the work is commenced—
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> > > (a) a person must not commence to carry out, or authorise the commencement of, the work unless the person has first given notice of the work to the network operator, and
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> > > (b) the person must provide to the network operator any information about the proposed work that is requested by the network operator.
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> > (2) A person who carries out notifiable excavation work must have made a request for information under section 63Z of the Act not earlier than 30 days before the work is commenced, unless a request has been made by another person in relation to that work within that period.
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> > (3) A person who carries out notifiable excavation work must, in carrying out that work, have regard to the following information if provided to the person by the designated information provider or a network operator—
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> > > (a) any information about the location and type of any underground electricity power line in the vicinity of the work,
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> > > (b) any other information in respect of underground electricity power lines.