Oct. 8.]

Street Boxes.

30. The covers of street cable-boxes shall be so secured
    that they cannot be opened except by means of a special
    appliance. Street boxes shall be either filled solid with cable
    compound or oil, or if not so filled shall be inspected from time
    to time for the presence of gas, and suitable action shall be
    taken to check its influx and accumulation.

Insulation of Electric Wires.

31. Every main, either overhead or underground, shall be
    tested for insulation after having been placed in position
    and before it is used for the purposes of supply, the testing
    pressure being at least 500 volts, and the Council shall duly
    record the results of the tests of each main or section of a
    main and forthwith forward a report thereon to the Public
    Works Engineer at present stationed at Tauranga.

The insulation of every complete circuit used for the supply
of energy, including all machinery, apparatus, and devices
forming part of or in connection with such circuit, shall be so
maintained that the leakage current shall not under any
conditions exceed one-thousandth part of the maximum
supply current. Every leakage shall be remedied without
delay. Every such circuit shall be tested for insulation at
least once in every month, and the Council shall duly record
the results of the tests and forward a report thereof at the
end of each month to the Public Works Engineer at present
stationed at Tauranga.

Continuity of Supply.

32. From and after the time when the Council commences
    to supply energy in pursuance of this license it shall maintain
    continuously sufficient power for the use of all the consumers
    for the time being entitled to be supplied; provided also that,
    for any purposes connected with the efficient working of the
    undertaking, the Minister may give permission to the Council
    to discontinue the supply at such intervals of time and for
    such periods as he (the Minister) 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.

Supply to Consumers.

33. The owner or occupier of any premises within the area
    of supply included in the license shall be entitled to a supply
    of electrical energy on the following conditions:

(a.) If within 60 ft. of an electric line belonging to the
Council service shall be made free of cost.
(b.) If more than 60 ft. distant to any electric line belong-
ing to the Council, the Council shall run the necessary lines
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 10 the Council may, with the approval
of the Minister, require the consumer to install such apparatus
as shall enable the conditions of clause 10 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.) The charge for electrical energy, if paid within fourteen
days of the rendering of a correct account, shall not exceed
an average rate of 9d. per unit for lighting purposes and an
average rate of 4½d. per unit for motor-power, heating, or
cooking purposes, provided that "lighting purposes" shall
include the operation of motor generators for lighting pur-
poses. If not paid within the said period of fourteen days
the charges shall not exceed 1s. and 6d. per unit respectively.
(h.) No meter rent shall be charged, but a minimum charge
may be made monthly, independent of the consumption, not
exceeding 2s. 6d. per K.W. or part of a K.W. of maximum
capacity of each service. Where more than one meter is
required to be installed in one building each meter shall, for
the purpose of this clause, be considered an independent
service.
(i.) If payment by any consumer is delayed more than
thirty days after the date of rendering a correct account

B

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.

34. 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 permitted under the rules of the Institution
of Electrical Engineers.

Insulation on Consumers' Premises.

35. 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 mains 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 consumers' 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.

36. 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
    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 endorsed on every notice given
under the provisions of either of the two preceding para-
graphs.