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IIRC the depth and height data last put in an appearance in the regs. in appendix 11 at the back of the 15th.
I'm of the opinion, that once a reg., then always a reg., unless updated or superceeded, or obviously no longer applicable.
 
unless updated or superceeded, or obviously no longer applicable.
As above, there are regs for certain locations. Otherwise the applicable reg would be 522.8.10. Which is basically a risk assessment of the location of the cable.
"buried at a depth (sic) to avoid being damaged by any reasonably forseable disturbance of the ground."

So shred that appendix of your 15th. it no longer applies.
 
Have copies of the 14th (what a nice little tome that was - A5 in size, about 15mm thick, and actually readable!), the 15th (red), 16th and 17th. Along with Tony Cable, I probably won't bother with the 18th, for the same reasons as him.
The 15th gives the buried cable depth as 600mm, or as deep as necessary, in ground that is likely to be disturbed, IIRC. Risk assessment was required, even if the term hadn't been heard of then.
I'll make an attempt to scan the cable height table and upload it sometime, although that will be pushing my computing skills to their limit.
 
Old school electrics and old school cars, although new school electrics in some ways! Every domestic installation I've done since the '80s has complied with the 17th AFAIK, apart from the occasional split board having a 100mA RCD on one side instead of two 30mA.
 
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