Local Land Services Act 2013

Clearing native vegetation for the maintenance of public utilities associated with the transmission of electricity.

The maintenance of those public utilities includes the following activities but only when those activities are being undertaken by or at the written direction of the body in which the public utility concerned is vested or that has the responsibility for that public utility’s safe operation—

maintaining the necessary safety clearances under power lines (conductors and structures) and around communication sites associated with the supply of electricity,

minimising fuel loads under power lines to minimise the chance of smoke from a fire resulting in a line trip,

maintaining existing access roads and tracks.

The maintenance of those public utilities does not include any of the following activities—

construction of new access roads or tracks,

removal of low growing groundcover,

maintaining safety clearances from power lines that exceed either of the following—

the maximum distance set out in the following table—

the minimum distance that will ensure reliability of supply under all loading and environmental conditions and minimise the risk of arcing.