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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 13, 1930.
Road- crossings,
etc.
Danger notices.
nected with earth the resulting leakage current shall not be less than twice the leakage current required to operate the devices which make the line dead.
(18) Where an overhead line is erected along or across a public road or canal or across a railway all wires including earth wires and auxiliary con- ductors shall be placed at the appropriate height from the ground specified in paragraph (16) for line conductors, and the following additional precautions shall be taken to prevent danger :-
(I) In the case of a line erected along a public road or canal (or within 50 feet thereof) there shall be provided-
(a) duplicate insulators supporting the conductors; or
(b) a device to ensure that in the event of a line conductor falling it
shall be put to earth; or
(c) other means approved by the Director of Public Works.
(II) In the case of a line erected across a public road, canal or railway there shall be provided-
(a) duplicate insulators for supporting the line conductor and a device to ensure that in the event of a line conductor falling it shall be put to earth; or
(b) duplicate insulators supporting duplicate conductors tied
intervals not exceeding five feet; or
(c) other means approved by the Director of Public Works.
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(19) Supports shall be numbered consecutively and each support shall have a danger notice of a permanent character securely fixed to it. Adequate provision shall also be made to prevent unauthorised climbing.
(20) All overhead lines shall be removed on ceasing to be used for the purposes for which they were erected.
2. Regulation 30 of the said regulations is hereby rescinded and the following regulation is substituted therefor :-
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30. The company shall not connect with its mains or allow to remain connected with its mains consumers' wires or fittings that would cause an undue leakage, or that are constructed or arranged in such a manner as to cause a danger of shock or fire. Where the company declines to make such connexion it shall serve upon the consumer a notice stating its reasons for so declining. The consumer may appeal to the Director of Public Works whose decision shall be final.
For the purpose of ascertaining that a consumer's wires and fittings have not subsequently fallen into an unsafe condition the company shall make periodical tests at intervals of not more than five
years.
3. Regulation 31 of the said regulations is hereby rescinded and the following re- gulation is substituted therefor:-
31. Any officer of the company, duly authorised by it in writing, may, for the purpose of discovering whether a defect exists at some part of a consumer's installation within or upon the consumer's premises, by notice require the consumer at some reasonable time after the service of the notice to permit him to inspect and test the installation.
If the consumer does not give all due facilities for such inspection and testing within a reasonable time after the receipt of the notice, the company shall forthwith discontinue the supply of energy to the consumer's premises, giving immediate notice of the discontinuance to the consumer, and shall not recommence the supply until the test has been carried out.
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