Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) In these
regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
accepted safety case means a safety case
that —
(a) has
been accepted, or is to be regarded as having been accepted, by the Director
under Part 4 Division 3; and
(b) has
been implemented by the network operator under that Division,
and includes an accepted safety case amended under
regulation 31 or 32;
AG followed by a designation consisting of a
number and a reference to a year, refers to the text of the document,
published by the Australian Gas Association;
AS followed by a designation consisting of a
number and a reference to a year, refers to the text, as from time to time
amended and for the time being in force, of the document so designated,
published by Standards Australia;
AS/NZS followed by a designation consisting of a
number and a reference to a year, refers to the text, as from time to time
amended and for the time being in force, of the document so designated,
jointly published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand;
employee , in relation to a network operator,
means —
(a) a
person employed or engaged by the operator;
(b) a
contractor or subcontractor to the operator; or
(c) a
person employed or engaged by a person referred to in paragraph (b);
high voltage means an operating voltage of more
than 1 000 Vac or 1 500 Vdc between phase conductors or
between a phase conductor and an earth;
implementation day , in relation to a safety case,
means the day notified to the Director under regulation 27(2) in respect
of the safety case;
meter means a device used to measure and record
the amount of electricity passing through the device;
network means —
(a) a
transmission or distribution works that is used to convey electricity under
the authority of a consent given under section 7(1) of the Act or under
any other Act; and
(b) any
line, switch, transformer, or apparatus on a generating station through which
the output of the station’s generating works passes to that transmission
or distribution works;
network operator means a supply authority and any
other person lawfully operating transmission or distribution works and
includes the Electricity Networks Corporation and the Regional Power
Corporation established by section 4 of the Electricity Corporations
Act 2005 ;
nominated auditor , in relation to the safety case
or accepted safety case of a network operator, means the person whose
nomination by the network operator has been accepted under regulation 22;
prescribed activity means the, or anything related
to the, conveyance, control, supply or use of electricity done by, for or with
the authority of, the network operator in the course of the construction,
maintenance, repair or operation of a network;
quarter means the period of 3 months
beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October in
any year;
safety case means a document that sets out the
safety management and technical practices and procedures to be followed by a
network operator in the operation of a network;
utilised , in relation to a purpose, includes
capable of being, or intended to be, utilised for that purpose;
working day means a day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday or public holiday.
(2) In these
regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, the numerical values
prescribed are subject to tolerances according to normal industry practice.
(3) To avoid doubt, it
is declared that the word network does not include a line, pole, switch,
transformer, or apparatus on or part of premises to which electricity is
supplied by a network operator that is situated beyond the point at which
electricity is so supplied to the premises.
(4) To avoid doubt, it
is declared that the term network operator does not include the owner of
premises to which electricity is supplied who distributes the electricity to a
person who occupies a part or all of the premises.
[Regulation 3 amended in Gazette
13 Dec 2005 p. 5978; 31 Mar 2006 p. 1348; 13 Apr
2012 p. 1657.]
[ 4. Deleted in Gazette 29 Sep 2009
p. 3845.]
[Part 2 (r. 5‑7) deleted in Gazette 13 Dec 2005
p. 5978.]