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      THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

for a distance of 60 ft. free of charge, and the consumer shall
pay the cost of the service wires for the balance of the dis-
tance.
(c.) If the plant or mains of the Council are insufficient to
supply the applicant with electrical energy the service may,
with the consent of the Minister, be postponed for a period
not exceeding twelve months; otherwise services shall be
made within twenty-eight days of the application.
(d.) Every consumer within any part of the area included
in the license shall be entitled to a supply of electrical energy
on the same terms on which any other consumer in such part
of the area is entitled under similar circumstances to a cor-
responding supply.
(e.) If the nature of the proposed consumption of energy
by any applicant is such as is likely to seriously interfere
with the maintenance of the constant pressure on the line in
accordance with clause 17, the Council may, with the approval
of the Minister, require the consumer to install such apparatus
as shall enable the conditions of clause 17 to be complied
with.
(f.) The Council may require services to be wired or installed
by competent tradesmen, but no preference shall be given to
services wired or installed by any individual contractor or
firm of contractors.
(g.) If payment by any consumer is delayed more than
thirty days after the date of rendering a correct account
the supply of electricity to such premises may be cut off
without notice, and need not be restored until all arrears are
paid.

Service Connections.

41. The Council 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.
    In delivering the energy to a consumer’s terminals the
    Council shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk
    of causing fire on the premises.
    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 con-
    tained within a suitable locked or sealed receptacle of fire-
    proof construction.
    All electric wires and apparatus on a consumer’s premises,
    except such parts as require to be earthed, shall be highly
    insulated and suitable for the voltage at which the supply is
    given. They 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.
    The maximum working current in any conductor shall not
    exceed the values as specified in clause 4.

Installation on Consumers’ Premises.

42. The Council 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 given, that the
    installation is generally 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 in so far as they apply to
    wires on a consumer’s premises, the Council may require that
    notice must be served upon it of the intention to install wires,
    fittings, lamps, motors, or other apparatus on any such
    premises, and may inspect and test the same during any
    reasonable hours while the installation of such is in progress.

Testing Consumer’s Installation.

43. If the Council is reasonably satisfied, after making all
    proper examination on the completion of the installation, by
    testing or otherwise, that the wiring and fittings are not
    suitable for the voltage being employed, or 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 Council, or that any other
    requirements of this license are not being complied with,
    then and in such case any officer of the Council duly autho-
    rized by it in writing 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 com-
    plied with, by notice require the consumer, at some reason-
    able time after the service of a notice, to permit him to inspect
    and to test the wires and fittings belonging to the consumer
    and forming part of the circuit.

If on such testing and inspection the officer discovers a
leakage from the consumer’s wires exceeding one ten-thou-
sandth part of the maximum supply current to the premises,
or that the requirements of this license are not properly con-
formed to, or if the consumer does not give all due facilities
for inspecting and testing, the Council shall either not com-
mence 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 the Council is reasonably satisfied that the
installation is in conformity with the requirements of this
license.
If any consumer is dissatisfied with the action of the Council
in refusing to give, or in discontinuing, or in not recom-
mencing the supply of energy to his premises, the wires and
fittings of that consumer may, on his application to the
Minister and on payment of the cost, be inspected and tested
by the Inspecting Engineer. This provision shall be en-
dorsed on every notice given under the provisions of either
of the two preceding paragraphs.

Motor Installations.

44. The frame of all motors shall be connected to an
    efficient earth by a copper conductor, which shall be equal
    in area to one of the conductors leading to the motor, but
    need not exceed 0·022 square inch in sectional area. All
    metal casings of switches, resistances, fuses, cables, and wires
    shall be efficiently earthed in a similar manner.
    Every motor must be controlled by an efficient quick-break
    ironclad switch suitable to prevent arcing, and conveniently
    placed so that the person in charge of the motor can cut off
    wholly the supply from the motor and all devices in con-
    nection therewith.
    Efficient fuses or other automatic cut-out must be pro-
    vided to efficiently protect the conductors on each circuit
    from excess of current.
    Every precaution shall be taken in choosing positions for
    and in the wiring and setting-up of motors and the necessary
    devices in connection therewith, so that there shall be no
    danger of fire being caused by their normal or abnormal
    action or of shock being sustained in the ordinary handling
    thereof.
    Terminals of motors supplied at 230 or 400 volts must be
    so guarded that they cannot be accidentally touched or
    short-circuited.
    The insulation resistance of each motor-circuit, including
    all devices necessary for the working of the motor, shall be
    not less than 1 megohm to earth when all metal parts that are
    required to be connected to earth are so connected.
    A printed notice shall be fixed in a conspicuous position at
    every motor and switchboard forbidding unauthorized per-
    sons to touch the motors or apparatus.

Notice regarding Extensions.

45. Before commencing the erection of any part of the lines
    hereby authorized, or the extension or alteration of any
    line already erected, the Council shall give at least seven
    days’ notice in writing to the Public Works Engineer at
    present stationed at Stratford, and also to the District
    Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department at Wellington,
    or his deputy, of its intention to carry out the work, and
    shall forward to the Minister a locality plan showing the
    route of any extension.

Notice of Completion.

46. The Council shall, prior to the completion of the said
    works or any separate portion thereof, give to the Minister
    at least one month’s notice in writing of the estimated date
    of each completion.

Commencement of Supply.

47. The Council shall not use any portion of the electric
    lines authorized by this license, or permit the same to be
    used, for any purpose until the Minister has given notice in
    writing to the Council that he has received from the Inspecting
    Engineer a certificate that the said work or any portion thereof
    has been satisfactorily carried out.

Consent of Taranaki County Council.

48. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained the
    Council shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any
    electric line within the County of Taranaki except subject
    to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of
    this license, as may from time to time be agreed upon between
    the Council and the Taranaki County Council.

By-laws.

49. By-laws for controlling consumers’ installations and
    applications may be made by the Council, but such by-laws
    shall not be enforceable until approved by the Minister,