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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 57

Time of Construction.

50. The Council shall, within six months from the date of this license, make a substantial commencement of the works to which this license refers, and shall proceed continuously and energetically with the construction of all such works until they are completed.

Notice of Completion.

51. 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.

52. The Council shall not use the said electric lines or permit the same to be used for any purpose until the Minister has given to it notice in writing that he has received from the Inspecting Engineer a certificate that the works hereby authorized have been satisfactorily carried out.

Inspection of Works.

53. The Minister may at any time order an inspection to be made of the lines and wires of the Council. If any defect is found to exist it must be remedied forthwith, and if serious in the opinion of the Inspecting Engineer the Minister may, on receipt of the report, direct the Council to at once cease transmitting energy either over the whole of the lines and wires or over any part thereof as to him may seem fit until such defect is repaired or remedied. The cost of such inspection shall be borne by the Council.

Compliance with Conditions.

54. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions of this license are being faithfully complied with by the Council, the Minister, or any person appointed by him on that behalf, may at all reasonable times enter on the land and works and inspect the same.

Assignment.

55. This license and the benefits and obligations hereunder shall not be assigned by the Council without the express consent in writing of the Minister first had and obtained, but such consent shall not be withheld if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Minister that the transferee is financially able and suitable to carry out the works specified in this license.

Default and Penalty.

56. If the Council fails to comply with any of the conditions of this license the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the Council within thirty days to remedy the default specified in that notice; but it shall not be held to have committed default for any failure to maintain power continuously if such failure is due to the breakdown of machinery or other accident, unless such breakdown or accident is proved to be due to negligence on the part of the Council; and if the Council fails to comply with the terms of the notice within the said period it shall be liable to a penalty of £20, to be recoverable by or on behalf of the Minister as a debt due to the Crown. The recovery of a penalty under this license shall not affect the liability (if any) of the Council to pay or make compensation in respect of any damage or injury which may be caused by reason of the default.

Revocation of the License.

57. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause hereof, if the Council fails to comply with the terms of any such notice for ninety days after the receipt thereof the Governor in Council may thereupon revoke this license without further notice.

Public Works Compensation.

58. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed in any way to interfere with, affect, or abridge any rights or powers vested in His Majesty the King, or in the Governor on his behalf, or the Minister, or any other person under any Act of the General Assembly authorizing the construction, management, or working of any public work, nor shall His Majesty, or the Governor, or the Minister, or any other person be liable to pay to the Council any compensation for injury done to the works herein authorized by the construction, management, or working of any such public work as aforesaid, or for the loss occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power as aforesaid.

Commencement of License.

59. This license shall come into force on and after the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

License authorizing the Winton Borough Council to erect Electric Lines within the Borough of Winton.

L I V E R P O O L, Governor.
By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this eighth day of June, 1914.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall lay, construct, put up, place, or use any electric line except under authority of a license issued to him by the Governor in Council under that Act:
And whereas the Winton Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) desires to erect electric lines in the Borough of Winton, and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, authorize the Council to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting, heating, and power purposes within the borough, as shown on plan P.W.D. 35036.

SCHEDULE.
CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

1. In these conditions—
   “Consumer’s wires” means any electric lines on the consumer’s premises which are connected with the Council’s electric lines.
   “Council” means the Winton Borough Council.
   “Distribution line or lines” means that part of the system to which service wires are connected for the purpose of supplying consumers.
   “Earthed,” as applied to any conductor, means that such conductor shall be so connected to the general mass of earth as to ensure at all times an immediate and safe discharge to earth of electric energy.
   “Electric line” means any wire, wires, conductor, or other means used for conveying, transmitting, or distributing electricity for power, lighting, or heating purposes, and includes any instrument, insulator, casing, tubing, pipe, covering, or post enclosing or supporting an electric line or anything connected therewith.
   “Inspecting Engineer” means and includes an Inspecting Engineer appointed by the Minister to inspect works to be constructed or maintained by virtue of any electric-line licenses, or any water-power licenses, or any combined water-power and electric-line licenses issued under the Public Works Act, 1908, and any or all of its amendments, or under any one or more of such amendments only, or any Act or Acts passed in amendment thereof or substitution therefor.
   “Minister” means the Minister of Public Works.
   “Pressure” means difference of electric potential between any two conductors through which supply of energy is given, or between any part of either conductor and the earth.
   “Street” includes road.
   “Telegraph” includes telephone.
   “Telegraph line” means any wire, wires, or cables belonging to the Post and Telegraph Department, or erected under authority granted by the Minister of Telegraphs.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.
   Electrical energy shall be generated in the form of three-phase alternating current, star connected, at a frequency of 50 cycles per second, and pressure of 400 volts between phases, and 230 volts between each phase and the neutral. The supply to private consumers for lighting purposes shall be at 230 volts. The earth shall not be used as a return in place of a neutral wire.

3. NEUTRAL TO BE EARTHED.
   The neutral wire may be bare and shall be efficiently insulated through its length, but shall be earthed at the power-station and only at the power-station. The earth connection shall be provided with a switch or link for cutting off the earth connection for testing.