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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

Electrical Supply Regulations, 1927.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of July, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Public Works Act, 1908, as amended by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations made under section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twelfth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and doth hereby make for the purposes of the said section two the following regulations, which, together with the Electrical Wiring Regulations, 1927, shall be in substitution for the regulations hereby revoked, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into operation on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

PRELIMINARY.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1927.

2. These regulations are divided into Parts as follows:—

Part I.—Regulations prescribing the Conditions on which Licenses may be issued and the Fees payable thereon.

Part II.—Regulations controlling the Use and Management of any Works or Lines erected after the coming into operation of these regulations, and used for generating, transforming, converting, or conveying Electricity (whether so used pursuant to a License under the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, or not) so as to secure the Safety of Consumers or Employees and of the Public from Personal Injury by such Use.

Part III.—Regulations providing for the removal or Alteration of any Dangerous Line or Apparatus erected prior to the coming into force of these Regulations (whether erected pursuant to a License under the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, or any other Act, or not) at the Expense in all cases of the Owner of the Line or Apparatus.

Part IV.—Penalties for Breaches of Licenses and Regulations.

3. Throughout these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the meanings given to them in this Regulation:—

“Authorized person” means (a) the owner or occupier of any premises, or (b) a contractor for the time being under contract with the owner or occupier, or (c) a person employed, appointed, or selected by the owner, occupier, or contractor as aforesaid to carry out certain duties incidental to the generation, transformation, distribution, or use of electrical energy; such owner, occupier, contractor, or person being a person who is competent for the purposes of the regulation in which the term is used.

“Conductor” means any wire, cable, bar, or tube used for the transmission of electrical energy.

“Consumer” means any body or person supplied or entitled to be supplied with electrical energy by the licensee.

“Consumer’s wires” means any electric line or lines on the consumer’s premises which are electrically connected with the licensee’s electric distribution-lines.

“Earthed” means connected to the general mass of earth in such a manner as to ensure at all times an immediate and safe discharge to earth of electrical energy.

“Electrical Wiring Regulations” means the regulations so intituled made under the Public Works Act, 1908, as amended by section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, by Order in Council dated the 11th day of July, 1927, and published in the Gazette of 12th day of July, 1927.

“Electric line” means any wire, wires, conductor, or other means used for conveying electrical energy for power, lighting, or heating purposes; and includes any instrument, insulator, casing, tubing, pipe-covering, or pole enclosing or supporting an electric line, or anything connected therewith.

“Electric distribution-line” means that portion of the system to which electric service-lines are connected for the purpose of supplying consumers.

“Electric service-line” means the line which connects consumers’ buildings with an electric distribution-line.

“Inspecting Engineer” means and includes any person authorized by the Minister to inspect electric lines.

“Insulating-stand” means a floor, platform, stand, stool, or mat of such size, quality, and construction, according to the circumstances of the use thereof, that any person using the same is thereby adequately protected from danger.

“Insulating-screen” means a screen of such size, quality, and construction, according to the circumstances of the use thereof, that any person using the same is thereby adequately protected from danger.

“Insulating-boots” means boots of such size, quality, and construction, according to the circumstances of the use thereof, that any person using the same is thereby adequately protected from danger.

“Insulating-gloves” means gloves of such size, quality, and construction, according to the circumstances of the use thereof, that any person using the same is thereby adequately protected from danger.

“Licensee” means any local authority, company, body, person, or persons authorized under the Public Works Act, 1908, or any other Act to lay, construct, put up, place, or use any electric line.

“Minister” means Minister of Public Works.

“Power-house” or “generating-station” means any station for generating electrical energy.

“Premises” includes any land owned or occupied by a licensee or consumer, as the case may be, on which electrical energy is generated, transmitted, or consumed.

“Pressure” means the difference of potential between any two conductors through which a supply of electrical energy is given, or between any part of any conductor and the earth.

“Pressure extra-low” means a pressure between conductors (or between conductors and earth if the neutral is known to be earthed at the source of supply without a circuit-breaker or added resistance) normally not exceeding 30 volts in the case of alternating current and 100 volts in the case of direct current at the point at which the supply is delivered.

“Pressure low” means a pressure between conductors (or between conductors and earth if the neutral is known to be earthed at the source of supply without a circuit-breaker or added resistance) normally exceeding 30 volts in the case of alternating current, or 100 volts in the case of direct current, but not exceeding 250 volts in either case, at the point at which the supply is delivered.

“Pressure medium” means a pressure between conductors (or between conductors and earth if the neutral is known to be earthed at the source of supply without a circuit-breaker or added resistance) normally exceeding 250 volts but not exceeding 650 volts at the point at which the supply is delivered.

“Pressure high” means any pressure (between conductors or phases) over 650 volts, but not in excess of 6,600 volts.

“Pressure extra-high” means any pressure (between conductors or phases) in excess of 6,600 volts.

“Service fuse” means the device installed by the licensee for automatically disconnecting the installation on a consumer’s premises from the service line.

“Street” includes a road or other highway used by the general public for vehicular purposes.

“Substation” means any building, structure, or enclosure, either above or below ground, and containing transforming or converting apparatus for the supply of electrical energy.

“Switchboard” means an assemblage of switch-gear, with or without instruments.

“Telegraph” includes telephone.

“Telegraph-line” has the same meaning as “electric line” in the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and also includes all telegraph, telephone, and electric signal-wires belonging to the Government Railways Department.

“Township” means any locality outside a borough or town district in which there is a group of not less than ten habitable buildings fronting on a length of not more than 20 chains of continuous road.