JUNE 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1709

B. The fees for registration or limited registration as an electrical wireman shall be—
s. d.
(a) On application .. .. .. 5 0
(b) On registration .. .. .. 12 6
C. The fee for a Provisional Wiring License shall be 5s. on application.
D. The fees for examination shall be payable on application, and shall be—
s. d.
(a) For written examination .. .. 10 0
(b) For practical examination .. .. 17 6
(c) If taken as a whole .. .. .. 25 0
E. The fee for a re-examination of the answers to the written examination questions shall be £1.
F. The fee for the issue of a new certificate in the case of the original having become lost, damaged, or destroyed, shall be 2s. 6d.

The fee for a new certificate when an endorsement is removed shall be 10s.
G. The fee for inspection of the register shall be 1s. for every name in respect of which the entries are inspected.
H. The fee for a certified copy of any entry in the register shall be 5s.
J. Copies of past examination-papers (if available) may be obtained from the Registrar on payment of 1s. for each set of all the papers set in any one examination.
K. Where a fee is made payable on application or notification, the application or notification shall not be entertained by the Board until such fee is paid, and where a fee is made payable on registration no entry shall be made in the Register nor any certificate be issued until such fee is paid.

8. DEFINITION OF ELECTRICAL-WIRING WORK.

Where electrical energy of a voltage normally not exceeding 650 volts measured at the point at which the supply is made use of or delivered is used or intended to be used for lighting, heating, motive-power, electro-chemical power, or electro-metallurgical power (but not otherwise), the following matters shall be deemed to be electrical-wiring work for the purposes of the said Act :—
A. The connecting-up of any electrical apparatus for the generation or conversion of electrical energy.
B. The installation of any metal conduits, wood casing, or other systems of encasing electrical conductors.
C. The installation of any electrical conductor.
D. The installation of any switchgear or controlling apparatus used to control electrical energy.
E. The installation of any appliances, fittings, or accessories, or the wiring-up of any portable appliances, fittings, or accessories used in connection with the utilization of electrical energy.
F. The repairing, alteration, or extension of any of the above-mentioned items.
G. The electrical testing of any installation.
H. All work included in the rules for wiring issued under section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, or under section 319 of the Public Works Act, 1928.
J. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this regulation, the following matters shall not be deemed to be electrical-wiring work for the purposes of the said Act, namely: the installation and connection by a workman employed by an electrical-supply authority of—
(a) A service line (whether in conduit or otherwise) from the distribution main of the electrical supply authority up to the point of entry in the external wall of a consumer’s building; and
(b) In the case of a distribution main being an underground feeder, a service line carried in a lead-covered cable up to a service fuse-box within a consumer’s building.

9. OPERATION OF STAGE LIGHTING.

A. No person other than a registered electrical wireman or the holder of a provisional license shall operate any stage lighting switchboard to or from which any portable appliance, fitting, or accessory is or can be connected or controlled, except where—
(a) The total capacity of the portable appliances, fittings, and/or accessories used on the stage for any one production does not exceed two kilowatts; and
(b) Such portable appliances, fittings, and/or accessories have been inspected, tested, and their use authorized in writing by an Inspector of Electrical Wiring within the preceding four weeks.
B. No person shall employ or permit any person to operate any stage-lighting switchboard contrary to the provisions of the preceding clause: Provided that proceedings in relation to an offence under this clause shall not be instituted except by a person authorized in writing in that behalf by the Board.
C. No Inspector of Electrical Wiring shall authorize the use of any appliance, fitting, or accessory unless such appliance, fitting, or accessory (including any flexible wire used therewith) is in a safe condition and in all respects fit for conveying or utilizing electrical energy, and no Inspector of Electrical Wiring shall refuse to authorize the use of any appliance, fitting, or accessory if it is in a safe condition and in all respects fit for conveying or utilizing electrical energy.
D. (i) The electrical wireman in charge of any switchboard used for stage-lighting purposes shall inspect all portable appliances, fittings, and accessories, including any flexible wire, used in connection therewith immediately before every performance at which it is to be used. If any such appliance, fitting, or accessory is found to be defective he shall not use such appliance, fitting, or accessory until such defect has been remedied. Where time does not permit of permanent repairs a satisfactory temporary repair may be made, and permanent repairs shall be made before the next performance.
(ii) All temporary or portable wiring on the stage shall be under the supervision of such electrical wireman, who shall see that it is kept in a safe condition and in all respects fit for conveying electrical energy. He shall also see that all switchgear and accessories on any switchboard under his control, and all permanent wiring, fittings, and accessories used in connection with the stage are in a safe condition and in all respects fit for conveying or utilizing electrical energy.
(iii) If any question arises as to whether any appliance, fitting, accessory, or wiring is in a safe condition, such question may be referred to an Inspector of Electrical Wiring, and the electrical wireman in charge of the switchboard shall act upon such Inspector’s decision.

10. SERVICEMEN.

A person who is the holder of a certificate of limited registration as a “serviceman” only shall not alter or extend any original wiring, nor shall he carry out any wiring work except that he may, outside boroughs or independent town districts—
(i) Replace fuses.
(ii) Adjust switchgear.
(iii) Tighten terminals.
(iv) In cases of emergency due to breakdown or other accident replace or repair accessories or small appliances.

11. TRAVELLING EXPENSES AND ALLOWANCES.

A. The Board may pay to any member of the Board all travelling and locomotion expenses actually and reasonably expended by him in attending meetings of the Board or any committee thereof, or in transacting any business of the Board.
B. The Board may pay to any member, not being an officer in the service of the Government, for each day he is travelling or occupied in connection with the business of the Board a fee not exceeding £2 2s. for each such day, or £2 2s. for each meeting.
C. The maximum fee which may be paid to any member for any one day shall not exceed £2 2s., notwithstanding that such member may have attended one or more meetings of the Board or of any committee of the Board on such day.
D. The travelling-allowance for personal expenses which the Board may pay to any member travelling in connection with the business of the Board shall be £1 5s. per day.
E. When a member leaves and returns to headquarters on the same day, fee and actual reasonable expenses only shall be paid.
F. No claim of any member for fees or travelling allowance or expenses shall be recognized unless such claim is accompanied by a certificate of such member, setting out that he was engaged in connection with the business of the Board during the period claimed for. Such certificate shall be in the following form :—
“I, [Full name, occupation, and address], hereby certify that I was engaged in connection with the business of the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Board on the day claimed for, and incurred the travelling-expenses indicated in the claim.”
G. No payment of expenses under these regulations to any member shall be made unless such payment is first approved by a resolution of the Board.

12. APPORTIONMENT OF COSTS.

Where the fees, fines, and other moneys received or recovered to the use of the Crown in any one year ending on the 31st day of March are less than the cost of administering the said Act, the difference shall be made good by a levy on all electrical-supply authorities in existence during any part of that year, and the amount to be paid by any electrical-supply authority under such levy shall bear the same proportion to the total deficiency as its gross revenue (from the sale of electrical energy) bears to the total gross revenue (from the sale of electrical energy) of all the aforesaid electrical-supply authorities for that year.