• Home
• Electrical safety
• Workplace health & safety
• Industrial relations
• Corporate information

• 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

More about working around electricity

	Print-friendly page
	Print full Working Near Exposed Live Parts Code of Practice (PDF, 239KB)

6.2 The no-touch and exclusion zones for low voltage lines near buildings and structures

Guidance in this section is based on no-touch and exclusion zone concepts, defined as follows:

No-touch zone applies to an insulated low voltage overhead line that has been examined for visual defects (see section 6.5 for requirements of the assessment). You may go as close to the line as you need to but do not touch the line.

Exclusion zone for low voltage overhead lines near buildings and structures is as follows:

• Without consultation, the exclusion zone is three metres from the lines.
• With consultation, the exclusion zone is specified in Appendix B.
• The exclusion zone applies to bare or covered low voltage and insulated lines not examined for visual defects.
• The purpose of the consultation is to determine the voltage of the line and inform the owner of the line that you are carrying out work near the line.

* Note: The purpose of the consultation is to determine the voltage of the line and inform the owner of the line that you are carrying out work near the line.

Table 6.1 – Exclusion zones and no-touch guidance for low voltage lines near buildings and structures

Last updated July 16, 2009

Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy | Access keys | Other languages

© The State of Queensland (Department of Justice and Attorney-General) 2009.

Queensland Government