July 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2983

(i.) 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.

44. 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 1,000 amperes per square inch of section.

Installation on Consumers’ Premises.

45. 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 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 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 instal 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.

46. 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
preceding paragraphs.

Motor Installations.

47. The frame of all motors supplied at 230 or 400 volts
    shall be connected to an efficient earth by a copper conductor,
    which shall not be less than 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.

Plans.

48. The Council shall, before erection or construction of
    any part of the work hereby authorized is begun, submit for
    the approval of the Minister such plans and other information
    showing and describing such work as he may require. In the
    event of the Council at any time desiring to make altera-
    tions to the work involving a departure from the type of
    construction shown on the approved plans, it shall submit
    for the Minister’s approval plans showing such type of con-
    struction as it is proposed to adopt, and with such approval
    the alterations may be carried out.

Notice regarding Extensions.

49. 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 Resident Engineer of the Public
    Works Department at Wanganui, and also to the District
    Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department at Wellington,
    of its intention to carry out the work, and shall forward to the
    Minister a locality plan showing the route of any extension.

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 Minis-
    ter 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.