Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019

An owner or operator of a high voltage electrical installation that is not a complex electrical installation or part of a railway or tramway supply network must ensure that—

the high voltage electrical installation or the installed, altered, repaired or maintained portion of the high voltage electrical installation complies with Divisions 1 to 10 of Part 2; and

any portion of the high voltage electrical installation using direct current does not leak stray electrical currents into the ground; and

the high voltage electrical installation is safe and maintained and operated safely; and

an assessment of the owner's or operator's compliance with the requirements of subregulation (2) is carried out by a competent person at least once every 2 years.

An owner or operator of a high voltage electrical installation that is not a complex electrical installation or part of a railway or tramway supply network must ensure that—

any person operating the high voltage electrical installation has a standard of qualifications, proficiency and experience that enables that person to safely operate the high voltage electrical installation; and

any person operating or maintaining the high voltage electrical installation complies with the owner's or operator's operating and maintenance procedures; and

any person operating or maintaining any part of the high voltage electrical installation is trained, authorised and instructed to perform the work on the high voltage electrical installation in accordance with the owner's or operator's operating and maintenance procedures; and

any person under the control of the owner or operator who is working on or near the high voltage electrical installation—

is appropriately trained in accordance with the Blue Book and aware of the requirements of the Blue Book; and

complies with the provisions of the Blue Book that apply to the work that the person is carrying out; and

uses an Electrical Access Authority for work on or near the high voltage electrical installation, as required by the Blue Book.

An owner or operator of a high voltage electrical installation that is not a complex electrical installation or part of a railway or tramway supply network must prepare written operating and maintenance procedures that describe the methods of operation, maintenance, earthing, isolation, energisation and de-energisation of the high voltage electrical installation.