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NZECP:35 1993

NEW ZEALAND ELECTRICAL CODE OF PRACTICE

for

POWER SYSTEMS EARTHING

Issued by the Office of
The Chief Electrical Inspector,
Energy and Resources Division, Ministry of Commerce

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THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1992

APPROVAL OF ELECTRICAL CODE OF PRACTICE

FOR

POWER SYSTEMS EARTHING

Pursuant to Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1992 ("the Act")

On the 1st day of February 1993, the Secretary of Commerce issued the Electrical Code of Practice for Power Systems Earthing ("the Code")

On the 4th day of February 1993, pursuant to Section 38 of the Act the Secretary published in the Gazette a notice of intention to apply to me for approval of the code, and there has been consultations with such persons (or their representatives) as will be affected by the Code and they have had the opportunity to consider possible effects and comment on those effects.

I have considered the comments concerning those effects and where necessary amendments were made to the Code.

Therefore Pursuant to Section 38 of the Act, I, John Luxton, Minister of Energy, have this day approved the Code as attached to this approval, which Code shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1993.

Dated this 18th day of March 1993.

John Luxton

Minister of Energy.

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COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION

This Code of Practice for Power Systems Earthing was prepared by the Ministry of Commerce, Chief Electrical Inspector’s Office.

Represented on the working party which was responsible for the preparation of this Code of Practice were the following:

• The Electrical Supply Engineers’ Association
• Electricity Corporation
• Trans Power
• Ministry of Commerce
• Telecom

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The source material for this Code was derived from the following documentation, ESA (Australia) Section 12 of the Guidelines for Design and Maintenance of Overhead Distribution and Transmission Lines C(b)l 1991, IEEE Guide for Safety in AC Substation Grounding (ANSI/IEEE 80) 1986, Earthing Handbook issued by the Electricity Authority of NSW 1975.

REVIEW

This Code of Practice will be revised as occasions arise. Suggestions for improvement of this Code are welcome. They should be sent to the Chief Electrical Inspector’s Office, Ministry of Commerce, P O Box 1473, WELLINGTON.

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