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(12.) Sub-stations constructed below the surface of any street after the date of these regulations to which an extra high pressure is to be given shall not contain switches or other apparatus than transformers.
(13.) The transforming apparatus at any sub-station supplied at extra high pressure shall be so arranged that there shall be no danger of any mains connected therewith being charged to any pressure beyond the limits of pressure for which those mains are intended.
(14.) In delivering the energy to a sub-station at extra high pressure the company shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire on the premises.
(15.) All extra high pressure electric lines and appar- atus placed in a sub-station shall be highly insulated and thoroughly protected against injury to the insulation or access of moisture, and any metal forming part of the electric circuit shall not unless efficiently connected with earth be exposed so that it can be inadvertently touched. All such lines shall be so fixed and protected as to pre- vent the possibility of electrical discharge to any adjacent metallic substance.
(16.) The Director of Public Works shall be entitled to enter at all times any of the generating or sub-stations of the company supplying or supplied at an extra high pressure, and to make any such examination and tests of the mains, machines, transformers, or other apparatus in use in those stations, as may appear to him necessary, and the company shall afford all due facilities for any such examination and tests.
(17.) Where any extra high pressure circuit is con- nected with earth, the connection shall be made at one point only, namely, at the generating station, sub-station or transformer, and the insulation of the circuit shall except at that point be efficiently maintained throughout.
(18.) The neutral point of the star winding of each distinct three-phase circuit, used for extra high pressure, may be connected with earth, or may be insulated. If connected with earth through a resistance, that resistance shall be sufficiently low to ensure that the fuse or auto- matic circuit-breaker in the mains shall act.
If the neutral point is not connected with earth, a separate electrostatic voltmeter placed in a conspicnons position in the generating station shall be connected between each distinct circuit and earth; and if the indi- cations of the voltmeters show that the insulation of any of the circuits is faulty, immediate steps shall be taken to restore the insulation.
Penalties.
39. If the company make default in complying with any of the preceding regulations, they shall on summary conviction before a Police Magistrate be liable to a pen- alty not exceeding one hundred dollars for every such default, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars for each day during which the offence continues.
The recovery of a penalty under these regulations shall not affect the liability of the company to make compensation in respect of any damage or injury which may be caused by reason of the default.
Objects and Reasons.
No legislation on the subject of the supply of electricity has hitherto been enacted and, as there are companies both in the City of Victoria and in Kowloon which carry on operation on a somewhat extensive scale and transmit currents of considerable strength or pressure, it has been considered advisable in the interests of the public to introduce a Bill for their regulation.
The Bill and accompanying Regulations have been based largely on the Acts and Board of Trade Regula- tions in force in England. Some modifications have however been made as it is considered that some of the home regulations are too stringent for application in their entirety to places which are not so fully developed as home cities.
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