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• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Electrical Safety Act 2002
• 3. The Electrical Safety Regulation 2002
• 4. Risk management
• 5. Operating cranes and plant near overhead electric lines
  • 5.1 Scope
  • 5.2 Regulation requirement on exclusion zone for electric lines
  • 5.3 Exclusion zone
  • 5.4 Risk management process for a crane working near electric lines
  • 5.5 Working in the safety observer zone
• 6. Work near low voltage overhead electric lines
  • 6.1 Scope
  • 6.2 The no-touch and exclusion zones
  • 6.3 Hazard identification
  • 6.4 Risk assessment
  • 6.5 Examining the low voltage overhead line for visual defects
  • 6.6 Deciding on control measures
• 7. Clearing vegetation near overhead electric lines
• 8. Agricultural work near overhead electric lines
  • 8.1 Scope
  • 8.2 Regulation on exclusion zones
  • 8.3 Hazard identification
  • 8.4 Risk assessment
  • 8.5 Deciding on control measures
  • 8.6 Particular circumstances
• 9. Transportation of high loads near electric lines
  • 9.1 Scope
  • 9.2 Meaning of terms
  • 9.3 What is a high load?
  • 9.4 Legislative requirements
  • 9.5 Travel requirements
  • 9.6 Responsibilities
• 10. Repair of electrical equipment
• 11. Work near electrical hazards in buildings and near underground electrical cables
• Appendix A - Meaning of terms used in this code
• Appendix B - Exclusion zones in millimetres

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9.2 Meaning of terms used in this section

a. Escorting

Facilitating safe passage of a high load through a network owner’s network, including any activities necessary to achieve safety.

b. Escort service provider

A person or company providing services to escort a vehicle in accordance with a network owner’s electrical safety precautions.

c. Notification

Road transport operator’s advice to the network owner of the intended route and specification of a high load

d. Road transport operator (RTO)

A person or company transporting a load more than 4.6 metres high.

e. Scoping

Checking the suitability of, and the requirements necessary for, safe transport of a proposed high load by physically checking the intended route as circumstances require. Allowances should be made for changes in the road profile eg dips and the distance between front and rear wheel axles. Refer to Figure 9.1 for an example of a problem caused by changes to the road profile. Scoping may not be required where the requirements for transporting a high load over a particular route can be assessed by other means such as by reference to the network owner’s records.

Figure 9.1 – Illustration on how a dip in the road profile can affect the clearance height of over dimension loads

f. Assessing

Checking the suitability of, and the requirements necessary for, safe transport of a proposed high load by reference to the network owner’s records.

g. Scoping service provider

A network owner, a person or a company who carries out scoping nor assessing in accordance with the entity’s safety precautions.

Last updated July 16, 2009

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