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[Subsidiary]
Safe access to underground substations.
Duties of and offences relating to proprietors and electrical contractors.
Offences relating
to misuse of apparatus etc.
CAP. 59] Factories and Industrial Undertakings
(Electricity) Regulations
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[1982 Ed.
(3) A notice in red characters and letters each not less than 50 mm high on a white background reading "DANGER SUBSTATION-UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY PROHIBITED" shall be placed and displayed in a visible position at the entrance to every part of a substation restricted as regards entry under paragraph (1).
30. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every underground substation not otherwise easily or readily accessible shall be provided with adequate means of access by a door or trap door with a staircase or ladder securely fixed and so placed so that no person can make accidental contact with any live part of any switchboard or any bare conductor therein.
(2) Where an underground substation-
(a) has persons employed therein otherwise than for inspection or cleaning; or
(b) is not of ample dimensions and contains machinery driven by electric motors or apparatus utilizing high voltage, then access shall be provided by means of a doorway and a staircase.
PART VII
DUTIES, OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
31. (1) It shall be the duty of the proprietor of every industrial undertaking to which these regulations apply to ensure that the provisions of regulations 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12(1), 13, 14, 15, 16(1), 17, 18, 19, 20, 21(1), 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29(1) and 30(1) are complied with.
(2) If any such provision is contravened the proprietor of the industrial undertaking where the contravention occurs commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $30,000.
(3) Any proprietor or electrical contractor who orders, directs, authorizes, permits or suffers any person to contravene regulation 16(3) or 29(2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $30,000.
(4)
32. A person who-
(a) wilfully misuses or interferes with any apparatus or protective equipment in a manner liable to cause electrical hazard to himself or other persons; or
(b) wilfully and without reasonable cause does any other thing liable to cause electrical hazard to himself or other persons;
or
(c) contravenes any of the provisions of regulation 16(3), 21(2), 26 or 29(2),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $20,000.