Electricity (Network Safety) Regulations 2015 (WA)

Western Australia Electricity Act 1945 Electricity (Network Safety) Regulations 2015 Western Australia Electricity (Network Safety) Regulations 2015 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4. Network operators 6 5. Persons for whom a network operator or contractor is responsible 8 Part 2 — Network safety Division 1 — General safety requirements 5A. Duty of network operator to ensure safety of network 9 6. Duty of network operator to manage prescribed activities 10 7. Duty of contractor to manage prescribed activities 11 8. Duty of persons carrying out prescribed activities 12 9. Duties relating to certain risks to safety 12 Division 2 — Certain network operators required to have safety management systems 10. Network operators to whom this Division applies 14 11. When this Division commences to apply to a network operator 14 12. Transfer of operation of network 15 13. Requirement to have safety management system 16 14. Requirement to revise safety management system 16 15. Requirement to comply with safety management system 17 16. Compliance with safety management system evidence of compliance with regulation 5A, 6 or 7 18 Division 3 — Requirements if network operator not required to have safety management system 17. Terms used and approval of certain standards and codes by Director 18 18. Network operators to whom this Division applies 19 19. Requirement to comply with obligatory provisions 19 20. Compliance with obligatory and evidentiary provisions evidence of compliance with regulation 6 or 7 20 21. Requirement to provide information and training 20 Part 3 — Notification, investigation and reporting Division 1 — Notifiable incidents 22. Terms used 22 23. Notification and investigation of suspected notifiable incidents 24 24. Reporting of notifiable incidents 25 25. Requirement not to disturb site of notifiable incident or physical evidence 26 26. Destructive testing of physical evidence 27 27. Statistical reporting 28 Division 2 — Reporting on network safety performance 28. Terms used 28 29. Network operators to whom this Division applies 29 30. Network safety performance incidents 30 31. Network operator to publish annual objectives 31 32. Network operator to publish quarterly outcomes 32 33. Director may publish and comment on objectives and outcomes 33 Part 4 — Review of decisions 34. Decisions to which this Part applies 35 35. Application for review 35 36. Review of determinations of Director under regulation 35 36 37. Technical review panels: convening, remuneration and support 38 38. Technical review panels: procedure on review 38 39. Technical review panels: costs 39 Part 5 — Miscellaneous 40. Defence for certain network operators 40 41. Contact details of network operators 40 Part 6 — Repeal, consequential amendments and transitional provisions Division 1 — Repeal 42. Electricity (Supply Standards and System Safety) Regulations 2001 repealed 43 Division 2 — Consequential amendments 43. Electricity (Licensing) Regulations 1991 amended 43 44. Electricity Regulations 1947 amended 43 Division 3 — Transitional provisions 45. Terms used 45 46. Standards and codes 46 47. Notifiable incidents that occurred before commencement day 46 Schedule 1 — Standards and codes containing evidentiary provisions Division 1 — General Division 2 — Overhead lines Division 3 — Switchyards, substations and power stations Division 4 — Underground cables Division 5 — Power coordination Schedule 2 — Standards and codes containing obligatory provisions Division 1 — General Division 2 — Overhead lines Division 3 — Underground cables Division 4 — Switchgear and protection Notes Compilation table 55 Defined terms Electricity Act 1945 Electricity (Network Safety) Regulations 2015