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25. (1) The licensee shall prepare and maintain a large-scale plan showing the location of all works, lines (other than service-lines), substations, and transformers erected from time to time.
    (2) Such plan shall be brought up to date within one month of the completion 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.

26. (1) Within fourteen days after the end of each calendar month the licensee shall furnish to the District Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department or his deputy a list of, or alternatively a plan showing all service-lines and extensions less than 40 chains in length, erected or altered during the previous month that cross any telegraph line or wire, and not later than the 30th day of June in each year shall furnish to the Chief Electrical Engineer of the Public Works Department, in such form as the Minister may require, a summarized list of, or alternatively a plan showing, all extensions (whether more or less than 40 chains in length), to the lines made during the twelve months ended on the 31st day of March of that year.
    (2) Such list or plan shall contain the following details:—
    (a) Date of each extension;
    (b) Location or route;
    (c) Bare or covered (T.B. or V.I.R.);
    (d) Length of each extension;
    (e) Voltage of each extension.

ASSIGNMENT.

27. (1) 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; but such consent shall not be withheld if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Minister that the person to whom the license is proposed to be transferred is financially and otherwise able to carry out the obligations specified under the license.
    (2) The Governor-General in Council may give such consent subject to such terms and conditions as he thinks fit to impose.

PUBLIC WORKS COMPENSATION, ETC.

28. 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, 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.

MONOPOLY.

29. Nothing in the license or otherwise shall be deemed to give to the licensee a monopoly or the exclusive right to supply electricity within the area authorized by the license.

WIRING CONSUMERS’ PREMISES: MONOPOLY FORBIDDEN.

30. The licensee shall not grant or agree to grant any company, firm, or person the sole right to supply or erect the electric wiring on any consumer’s premises, nor shall any consumer be required to purchase from the licensee or his assigns any material or apparatus for installing the electric wiring of such premises, or to have the work carried out by the licensee or his assigns, as a condition precedent to a supply of electrical energy being given by the licensee to the consumer.

REPORT OF ACCIDENTS, INTERRUPTIONS, AND BREAKAGES.

31. (1) The licensee shall give notice to the Chief Electrical Engineer of the Public Works Department of—
    (a) Any accident caused by electric lines, electrical apparatus, or electrical equipment connected with the licensee’s plant.
    (b) Any other accident in connection with the licensee’s plant which has caused or which might have caused loss of life or personal injury.
    (c) Any accident to the licensee’s plant caused by explosion or fire.
    (d) Any fire on a consumer’s premises due to electrical causes.
    (e) Any interruption exceeding twelve hours’ duration to any part of any electric line or work other than service-lines, and the duration of such interruption.

(f) Broken poles or wires, giving the following information:—
Broken poles: (i) Date; (ii) voltage of lines; (iii) apparent cause; (iv) species of timber or material; (v) number broken; (vi) approximate length of time in service.
Broken wires: (i) Date; (ii) voltage; (iii) number of wires broken; (iv) type—specify whether main line (M.L.), or house-service (H.S.), or street-lighting (S.L.), or neutral (N); (v) apparent cause; (vi) type of protective apparatus installed, and whether such apparatus operated; (vii) metal; (viii) T.B., or V.I.R., or bare.

(2) The licensee shall retain for a period of not less than one month after notice has been given to the Chief Electrical Engineer as aforesaid all broken poles and damaged ends of broken wires, and all insulators damaged or broken by the accident or other happening to which the notice relates, or which caused such accident or happening by reason of their being defective, so that they may be inspected by an officer of the Public Works Department, the Post and Telegraph Department, or the Railways Department.

(3) The notice required to be given to the Chief Electrical Engineer under subclause (1) hereof in respect of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (f) thereof shall be given forthwith after the accident or other happening. Notice of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (d) and (e) thereof shall be given at the end of each month.

(4) All notices shall be given in such form as the Minister may from time to time require, and shall specify the steps taken to prevent a recurrence of the accident or other happening.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S DECISION FINAL.

32. The Governor-General shall be the sole judge of the fact whether the foregoing requirements of these regulations have been complied with, and he may from time to time cause inquiry to be made into any matter connected therewith or arising hereunder, in such manner as he thinks fit, and his decision shall be final, and the licensee shall comply with such decision: Provided that this regulation shall not affect the right of any person, corporate body, or local authority, in cases of damage or injury for which action by such person, corporate body, or local authority may lie against the licensee.

FEES.

33. (1) The following fees shall be payable on the issue of licenses to erect electric lines:—
    (a) For any installation up to and including 100 kilowatts installed capacity .. .. 2 2 0
    (b) For any installation over 100 kilowatts and not exceeding 500 kilowatts .. .. 3 3 0
    (c) For any installation over 500 kilowatts and not exceeding 1,000 kilowatts .. .. 4 4 0
    (d) For any installation over 1,000 kilowatts .. .. 5 5 0
    (e) Extensions to or amendments of existing licenses .. .. .. .. 1 1 0

(2) For the purposes of this regulation the installed capacity of any installation shall be deemed to be the capacity of the generating or main transforming plant.

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 Electrical Energy (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 Reason of such Use.

CONDITIONS OF DIRECT-CURRENT SUPPLY WITH EARTH RETURN.

34. (1) Supply under the conditions of paragraph (b) of Regulation 5 of Part I hereof shall be limited to the operation of electric motors, motor-generators, and to outdoor electric lighting.
    (2) In such cases a single-pole fuse or automatic circuit-breaker shall be inserted in the positive conductor, and arranged to operate within 5 seconds with an overload not exceeding 200 per cent. of the rated full-load current. The overload within these limits shall be at the discretion of the licensee. Such fuse or circuit-breaker shall be placed in a suitable locked or sealed receptacle of fireproof construction fixed at a convenient height at the point of supply.
    (3) At the distributing-point of a lighting-circuit there shall be inserted in the positive conductor a single-pole switch, together with a fuse arranged to operate within 5 seconds with an overload of 200 per cent. of the rated full-load current of such circuit.