1Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe certain matters for the purposes of the bushfire mitigation duties owed by major electricity companies under Part 10A of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
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The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe certain matters for the purposes of the bushfire mitigation duties owed by major electricity companies under Part 10A of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
These Regulations are made under section 157 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
These Regulations come into operation on 1 September 2017.
In these Regulations—
Central Plan Office means the Central Plan Office of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning;
high impedance faults means a resistance value in ohms that is equal to twice the nominal phase-to-ground network voltage in volts;
I2t means a measure of the thermal energy associated with the current flow, where I is the current flow in amps and t is the duration of current flow in seconds;
low impedance faults means a resistance value in ohms that is equal to the nominal phase‑to-ground network voltage in volts divided by 31·75;
the Act means the Electricity Safety Act 1998.
For the purposes of the definition of zone substation in section 120K of the Act, a substation is prescribed if it is specified in Schedule 1.
For the purposes of the definition of allocated substation points in section 120K of the Act, the points that are prescribed in respect of a zone substation are the points set out in Column 6 of the Table in Schedule 1 that correspond to that substation.
For the purposes of the definition of electric line construction area in section 120K of the Act, a prescribed plan is a plan lodged in the Central Plan Office that is specified in Schedule 2.
For the purposes of the definition of required capacity in section 120K of the Act, the prescribed capacity is the ability—
to reduce the voltage on the faulted conductor in relation to the station earth when measured at the corresponding zone substation for high impedance faults to 250 volts within 2 seconds; and
to reduce the voltage on the faulted conductor in relation to the station earth when measured at the corresponding zone substation for low impedance faults to—
1900 volts within 85 milliseconds; and
750 volts within 500 milliseconds; and
250 volts within 2 seconds; and
during diagnostic tests for high impedance faults, to limit—
fault current to 0·5 amps or less; and
the thermal energy on the electric line to a maximum I2t value of 0·10.
For the purposes of sections 120N and 120P of the Act, the prescribed specification for an electric line is that it has a nominal voltage of between 1 kV and 22 kV inclusive.
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The Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation Duties) Regulations 2017, S.R. No. 85/2017 were made on 22 August 2017 by the Governor in Council under section 157 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998, No. 25/1998 and came into operation on 1 September 2017: regulation 3.
The Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation Duties) Regulations 2017 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 22 August 2027 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
There are no amendments made to the Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation Duties) Regulations 2017 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
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