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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

36. All underground metal conduits, pipes, or casings containing an electric line shall be efficiently earthed, and shall be so jointed and connected across all street-boxes and other openings as to make good electrical contact throughout their whole length.

37. The covers of street-boxes shall be so secured that they cannot be opened except by means of a special appliance. Street-boxes shall be inspected from time to time for the presence of gas, and suitable action shall be taken to check its influx and accumulation.

38. The Corporation shall be responsible for all electric lines or wires, fittings, and apparatus belonging to it, or under its control, which may be upon a consumer’s premises, being maintained in a safe condition and in all respects fit for supplying energy.

39. In delivering the energy to a consumer’s terminals the Corporation shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire on the premises.

40. Where medium pressure is supplied to any consumer the following conditions shall be complied with :—
    Where the supply is for power purposes—

(a.) The frame of every electric motor shall be efficiently connected with earth.

(b.) The consumers’ wires forming the connections to motors, or otherwise in connection with the supply, shall be, as far as practicable, completely enclosed in strong metal casing efficiently connected with earth, or they shall be fixed in such a manner that there shall be no danger of any shock.

(c.) The supply to every motor shall be controlled by means of an efficient cut-off switch, placed in such a position as to be easily handled by the person in charge of the motor, and connected so that by its means all pressure can be cut off from the motor itself, and from any regulating switch, resistance, or other device in connection therewith.

(d.) Switches, efficient fuses, or other automatic circuit-breakers shall be provided, so as to protect the circuits from excess of current, and all switches and cut-outs shall be so enclosed and protected that there shall be no danger of any shock being obtained in the ordinary handling thereof, or of any fire being caused by their normal or abnormal action.

(e.) A notice shall be fixed in a conspicuous position at every motor and switchboard in connection with the supply forbidding unauthorized persons to touch the motors or apparatus.

41. Where the supply is for arc lamps in series—

(a.) The consumer’s wires forming the connections to the arc lamps, or otherwise in connection with the supply, shall be, as far as practicable, completely enclosed in strong metal casing efficiently connected with earth, or they shall be fixed in such a manner that there shall be no danger of any shock.

(b.) The supply to every arc lamp shall be controlled by means of an efficient cut-off switch, placed in such a position as to be easily handled by the person in charge of the arc lighting, and connected so that by its means all pressure can be cut off from the arc lamp itself, and from any regulating switch, resistance, or other device in connection therewith; provided that where the arc lamps are connected in series across the outer conductors of a three-wire system, it shall be sufficient if one such switch be provided for each series of arc lamps.

(c.) Switches, efficient fuses, or other automatic cut-outs shall be provided, so as to protect the circuits from excess of current, and all switches and cut-outs shall be so enclosed and protected that there shall be no danger of any shock being obtained in the ordinary handling thereof, or of any fire being caused by their normal or abnormal action.

42. Where the three wires of the system are brought into a consumer’s premises for lighting purposes the supply shall be given to two pairs of terminals, arranged in such a manner that there shall be no danger of any shock to persons, and the wiring from those terminals shall be kept distinct.

43. Where any portion of any electric line, or any support for an electric line, is exposed in such a position as to be liable to cause injury from lighting, it shall be efficiently protected against such liability.

44. A suitable safety fuse or other automatic circuit-breaker shall be inserted in each service line within a consumer’s premises, as close as possible to the point of entry, and contained within a suitable locked or sealed receptacle of fireproof construction, but no fuse or automatic circuit-breaker shall be inserted in the intermediate conductor of the three-wire system.

45. All electric wires placed on a consumer’s premises shall be highly insulated, and shall be thoroughly protected against injury to the insulation or access of moisture. All electric wires shall be so fixed and protected as to prevent the possibility of electrical discharge to any adjacent metallic substance.

46. The Corporation shall not connect the wires and fittings on a consumer’s premises with its mains, or, in the case of premises already connected, continue the supply from its mains, unless it is reasonably satisfied that the requirements of this license are complied with, that the wiring and fittings are suitable for the voltage at which supply is being given, that the installation generally is in accordance with the requirements of good practice, and that the connection or continuance of supply would not cause a leakage from those wires and fittings exceeding one ten-thousandth part of the maximum supply-current to the premises.

For the purpose of satisfying itself that the requirements of this license are being observed, the Corporation may require that notice be served upon it of the intention to install wires, fittings, lamps, motors, or other apparatus on any premises, and may inspect the same during any reasonable hours while the installation of such is in progress.

47. If the Corporation is reasonably satisfied, after making all proper examination by testing or otherwise, that the wiring and fittings are not suitable for the voltage being employed, that a leakage exists at some part of a circuit of such extent as to be a source of danger, and that such leakage does not exist at any part of the circuit belonging to the Corporation, or that any other requirements of this license are not complied with, then and in such case any officer of the Corporation duly authorized by it in writing, or, if the Corporation so requires, on application by it to the Minister of Telegraphs, any officer of the Post and Telegraph Department (hereinafter referred to as “an Electric Inspector”) instructed to so act, may, for the purpose of discovering whether the leakage exists at any part of a circuit within or upon any consumer’s premises, or whether the wiring is suitable and the general requirements of the license are complied with, by notice require the consumer, at some reasonable time after the service of the notice, to permit him to inspect and to test the wires and fittings belonging to the consumer and forming part of the circuit.

In any case where the Corporation requires the services of an Electric Inspector under this section it shall pay the cost of such services.

If on such testing and inspection the officer or Electric Inspector discovers a leakage from the consumer’s wires exceeding one ten-thousandth part of the maximum supply-current to the premises, or that the requirements of this license are not properly conformed to, or if the consumer does not give all due facilities for inspection and testing, the Corporation shall either not commence the supply or shall forthwith discontinue the supply of energy to the premises in question, giving immediate notice to the consumer of its reasons for not commencing or for discontinuing the supply, and in either case supply shall not be given until it is reasonably satisfied that the installation is in conformity with the requirements of this license.

48. If any consumer is dissatisfied with the action of the Corporation in refusing to give, or in discontinuing, or in not recommencing the supply of energy to his premises, the wires and fittings of that consumer may, on his application to the Minister of Telegraphs, and on payment of the cost, be inspected and be tested for the existence of leakage by an Electric Inspector.

This provision shall be indorsed on every notice given under the provisions of either of the two last preceding sections.

49. From and after the time when the Corporation commences to supply energy it shall maintain continuously sufficient power for the use of all the consumers for the time being entitled to be supplied; provided that, for any purposes connected with the efficient working of the undertaking, the Minister of Telegraphs may give permission to the Corporation to discontinue the supply at such intervals of time and for such periods as he may think expedient. When the supply is so discontinued, public notice shall be given, when practicable, of such discontinuance, and of the probable duration thereof.

50. The Minister of Telegraphs may at any time order an inspection to be made of the works, lines, and wires