CAP. 103]
Electricity Supply (Special Areas) Regulations
[1976 Ed.
[Subsidiary] Fire risks and company's responsibility.
Fire risks and consumer's responsibility.
Inaccessibility of line conductors.
Main fuses or circuit-breakers.
Initial inspection of consumer's installation before supply commences.
6. (1) In delivering a supply of electricity to a company's meter terminals, the company shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire within the special area.
(2) Any company which contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000.
7. (1) When taking a supply of electricity from a company's meter terminals, the consumer shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire within the special area.
(2) Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 months and a fine of $2,000.
8. (1) At the time of installation by a company, line conductors shall, as far as is practicable in the circumstances, be rendered inaccessible from any building or other place without the use of a ladder or other special appliance.
(2) Where it is not practicable in the circumstances for a company to render line conductors inaccessible as provided for in paragraph (1), the company shall insulate such line conductors.
(3) Any company which contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000.
9. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every consumer shall insert a suitable safety fuse, or other automatic circuit-breaker of adequate rupturing capacity, contained within a suitable receptacle of fire-resistant construction-
(a) in the consumer's wires in his premises as near to the point of entry as is practicable; and
(b) where the company's meters are not attached to the consumer's premises, in his consumer's wires at the company's meter terminals.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no fuse shall be inserted in the neutral conductor of any alternating current system supplying electricity to a consumer's premises.
(3) Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 months and a fine of $2,000.
10. (1) A company shall not commence to supply electricity to a consumer's wires until it has inspected the consumer's installation and is satisfied that these regulations have been complied with and that the connection of supply would not cause an undue leakage or a danger of shock or fire.
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CAP. 103]
Electricity Supply (Special Areas) Regulations
[1976 Ed.
[Subsidiary] Fire risks and company's responsibility.
Fire risks and consumer's responsibility.
Inaccessibility of line conductors.
Main fuses or circuit-breakers.
Initial inspection of consumer's installation
before supply
commences.
6. (1) In delivering a supply of electricity to a company's meter terminals, the company shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire within the special area.
(2) Any company which contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000.
7. (1) When taking a supply of electricity from a company's meter terminals, the consumer shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire within the special area.
(2) Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprison- ment for 3 months and a fine of $2,000.
8. (1) At the time of installation by a company, line con- ductors shall, as far as is practicable in the circumstances, be rendered inaccessible from any building or other place without the use of a ladder or other special appliance.
(2) Where it is not practicable in the circumstances for a com- pany to render line conductors inaccessible as provided for in paragraph (1), the company shall insulate such line conductors.
(3) Any company which contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000.
9. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every consumer shall insert a suitable safety fuse, or other automatic circuit-breaker of adequate rupturing capacity, contained within a suitable receptacle of fire resistant construction-
(a) in the consumer's wires in his premises as near to the point
of entry as is practicable; and
(b) where the company's meters are not attached to the con- sumer's premises, in his consumer's wires at the company's meter terminals.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no fuse shall be inserted in the neutral conductor of any alternating current system supplying electricity to a consumer's premises.
(3) Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprison- ment for 3 months and a fine of $2,000.
10. (1) A company shall not commence to supply electricity to a consumer's wires until it has inspected the consumer's installa- tion and is satisfied that these regulations have been complied with and that the connection of supply would not cause an undue leakage or a danger of shock or fire.
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