Code of Practice for Powerline Clearance (Vegetation) Regulations 1996
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Code of Practice for Powerline Clearance
(Vegetation) Regulations 1996
S.R. No. 111/1996
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objective 1
2. Authorising provision 1
3. Revocation 1
4. Code of Practice 2
5. Variation of point of supply 2
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STATUTORY RULES 1996
S.R. No. 111/1996
State Electricity Commission Act 1958
Code of Practice for Powerline Clearance
(Vegetation) Regulations 1996
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 22 October 1996
Responsible Minister:
ALAN STOCKDALE
Treasurer
A. WILTSHIRE
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objective
The objective of these Regulations is to provide
for practices relating to the maintenance of private
electric lines and the keeping of the whole or any
part of a tree clear of power lines and to prescribe
the Code of Practice for Powerline Clearance
(Vegetation) for this purpose.
2. Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 65 of
the State Electricity Commission Act 1958.
3. Revocation
The State Electricity Commission (Code of
Practice for Tree Clearing) Regulations 19911 are
revoked.
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4. Code of Practice
The Code of Practice for Powerline Clearance
(Vegetation) published on 17 October 1996 in the
Government Gazette is the Code of Practice for
Powerline Clearance for the purposes of Part VI
of the State Electricity Commission Act 1958.
5. Variation of point of supply
A distribution company which makes a
determination under section 59(1) of the Act must
notify the responsible person in writing of the
determination and include the following
information within the notice—
(a) the definition of point of supply contained in
the Act; and
(b) the power under which a distribution
company can make a determination to vary
the point of supply; and
(c) details of the determination made by the
distribution company to vary the point of
supply including reasons for the
determination; and
(d) the right of the responsible person to object
to the chief electrical inspector within 21
days of receipt of the notification of the
determination on the grounds that the
determination is not reasonable.
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NOTES
1S.R. No. 270/1991.
Notes
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