SEPT. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2993

For the purpose of satisfying itself that the requirements of these regulations are being complied with the licensee shall require that notice shall be served upon him of the consumer’s intention to install wires, fittings, and other apparatus on any such premises, and the consumer shall render the licensee every reasonable facility for inspecting and testing such wires, fittings, and apparatus during the progress of the work and after its completion.

If any consumer is dissatisfied with the action of the licensee in refusing to give, or in discontinuing, or in not recommending 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. If the Inspecting Engineer is satisfied that such wires, fittings, and apparatus may be safely used the licensee shall, upon receipt of notice to that effect from the Inspecting Engineer, forthwith supply the consumer with electrical energy.

40. MAINTENANCE.

The licensee shall keep the whole of the work authorized by the license in good order and condition so as to at all times ensure continuity of service and immunity from danger.

41. INSPECTION OF WORKS.

The Minister may, at the expense of the licensee and at any time and from time to time, order an inspection to be made of the whole or any part of the works carried out or erected by the licensee under the license. If any defect is found to exist it must be remedied forthwith; and if in the opinion of the Inspecting Engineer such default is serious the Minister may, on receipt of the report, direct the licensee to at once cease using such defective electric line, apparatus, fittings, or machines until such defect is repaired or remedied to the satisfaction of the Electrical Engineer. In default of the licensee remedying the defect or ceasing to transmit energy the licensee shall be liable to a penalty of £20, such penalty to be recoverable by or on behalf of the Minister as a debt due to the Crown. The cost of such inspection shall be borne by the licensee.

42. COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS.

For the purpose of ascertaining whether these regulations are being faithfully complied with by the licensee, the Minister, or any person appointed by him in that behalf, may at all reasonable times enter on the lands and works used by or in the occupation of the licensee.

43. NOTICE BEFORE COMMENCEMENT.

Before commencing any part of the work connected with the initial installation authorized the licensee shall give fourteen days’ notice in writing to the Public Works Engineer, and to the District Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department, of the intention so to do. Such notice shall be accompanied with a plan of such installation showing the location, size and number, and pressure of bare wires and cables proposed to be erected, and also showing the number and sizes of covered wires and cables, the nature of covering, and also the height of the poles to be erected.

44. TIME OF CONSTRUCTION.

The licensee shall, within twelve months from the date of the license, make a substantial commencement of the work to which the license refers, and shall proceed continuously and energetically with the construction of all such works.

45. NOTICE OF COMPLETION.

The licensee shall, prior to the completion of the initial installation or any separate portion thereof, give to the Under-Secretary of Public Works and to the District Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department at least one month’s notice in writing of the estimated date of each completion.

46. COMMENCEMENT OF SUPPLY.

The licensee shall not use the initial installation or any portion thereof until the Minister has given notice in writing that he has received from the Inspecting Engineer a certificate that such works or any portion thereof has been satisfactorily carried out.

47. CONTINUITY OF SUPPLY.

From and after the time when the licensee commences to supply energy in pursuance of the license, the licensee shall maintain continuously, during the period of the day for which the licensee has agreed with any consumer to supply energy, sufficient power for the use of all such 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 licensee 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.

48. EXTENSIONS.

Before commencing the extension or alteration of any line already erected the licensee shall give at least seven days’ notice in writing to the Public Works Engineer, and also to the District Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department, or his Deputy, of the intention to carry out the work; and in the case of an extension such notices shall be accompanied by a plan showing information prescribed by clause 43. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 46 the licensee may use such extensions, provided that the work has been carried out in strict conformity with the requirements of these regulations; and for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the extensions comply with such conditions the Inspecting Engineer may from time to time inspect the work, and if he finds that any portion of the same does not comply with the requirements of these regulations the Minister reserves to himself the right to call upon the licensee to discontinue the use of such part of the work until he is satisfied that the regulations are complied with. The licensee shall prepare and maintain a large scale plan showing the location of all works, lines, substations, and transformers erected from time to time. Such plan shall be completed within seven days of the carrying-out of any extension, shall show the date of erection of each electric line, and shall be available at any time for examination by the Inspecting Engineer.

49. ASSIGNMENT.

A license and the benefits and obligations thereunder shall not be assigned or delegated by the licensee without the express consent in writing of the Governor-General in Council first had and obtained, upon such terms and conditions as he shall approve; but such consent shall not be withheld if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Minister that the transferee is financially and otherwise able to carry out the obligations specified under the license.

50. REVOCATION, ETC.

The powers of revocation or infliction of fines by a license invested in the Governor-General shall not be exercised unless and until the Governor-General has caused to be given to the licensee, or placed upon some principal or conspicuous part of the works, a notice in writing of the intention to exercise the same, and of the specified breach or breaches in respect of which the aforesaid powers are intended to be exercised, and default has been made by the licensee (after the giving or leaving of such notice) in repairing or remedying the breach complained of for the following space of time:—

(a.) For any breach of the conditions of the license which in the opinion of the Governor-General can be met by a fine, thirty days after the giving or leaving of such notice:

(b.) For any breach of the conditions of the license which in the opinion of the Governor-General is of such a nature as to require the revocation of the license, ninety days after the giving or leaving of such notice.

51. DEFAULT AND PENALTY.

(a.) If the licensee fails or neglects to use and maintain the works after completion thereof so as to secure to the area of supply the full benefit of the undertaking; or

(b.) If the licensee fails to observe, perform, fulfil, or keep any of the requirements, conditions, and provisions of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, or its amendments, to the full intent of the same or of any part thereof; or

(c.) If the licensee shall fail to observe any of the conditions or obligations herein imposed upon the licensee, then in any such case it shall be lawful for the Governor-General, by Order in Council, either to revoke the license or to impose upon the licensee a fine not exceeding £20 for the breach of any such condition or obligation, such fine to be recovered in any Court of competent jurisdiction by any person appointed by the Governor-General to recover same.

52. PUBLIC WORKS COMPENSATION, ETC.

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-General 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 works. Nor shall His Majesty or the Governor-General, or the Minister, or any other person be liable to pay to the licensee any compensation for injury done to the works authorized by the license by the construction,