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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 65

(2) Every such application shall be accompanied by a full statement of the reasons why such modification is desired and of the nature thereof, and by a statement by the electrical supply authority that the application is (or is not) a reasonable one and that in his opinion such modification will not (or will) lead to serious increase in the electrical hazard.

(3) In granting any such modification the Chief Electrical Engineer shall specify what special work (if any) he requires to be done to render the installation reasonably free from electrical hazard.

12-15. Where an electrical supply authority changes over from one voltage or system to another, the Governor-General in Council may, by notice published in the Gazette, make such modification as may be specified in such notice of these regulations in their application to the recon-ditioning of installations for the purposes of such change-over.

12-16. Regulation 30-01 hereof shall not become operative until twelve months after the date of the coming into force of these regulations.

PART 13.—GENERAL.

13-01. The Governor-General in Council may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, approve methods or types of construction or materials not especially provided for in these regulations, and impose such conditions as he deems necessary with respect to the use thereof.

13-02. The Chief Electrical Engineer may prohibit the installation and use of any appliance, apparatus, accessory, cable, fitting, machine, switchgear, switchboard, method or type of construction, or material or method of installation which in his opinion constitutes or may constitute an electrical hazard.

13-03. No person shall manufacture for sale or sell or offer for sale, and no person shall install or cause or permit to be installed or assist to install on any premises, any device or apparatus which does not comply with the requirements or which is not of the character specified by these regulations in respect of such device or apparatus.

13-04. No person shall install or cause or permit to be installed or assist to install on any premises any wiring which does not comply with the requirements, or which is not of the character specified by these regulations in respect of such wiring.

13-05. No person shall install or cause or permit to be installed or assist to install on any premises any device or apparatus or wiring in a manner contrary to these regulations.

13-06. (1) No person shall use or maintain or cause or permit to be used or maintained on any premises any apparatus, device, or wiring :—

(a) Which does not comply with the requirements or which is not of the character specified by these regulations in respect of such apparatus, device, or wiring ; or

(b) In a manner contrary to these regulations.

(2) No person shall knowingly continue to use or maintain or cause or permit to continue to be used or maintained for or in connection with the supply, distribution, or consumption of electrical energy any device or apparatus or wiring or any part of an installation if for any reason such device or apparatus or wiring or part of an installation has ceased to comply with the requirements or to be of the character specified by these regulations in respect thereof.

(3) This regulation does not apply to any apparatus, device, and/or wiring installed on any premises prior to the coming into force of these regulations provided such apparatus, device, and/or wiring is in use on the premises where so installed and is free from electrical hazard.

13-07. In the event of any dispute between a contractor or wirer-man and an electrical supply authority regarding the interpretation or application of these regulations the matter may be referred to the Chief Electrical Engineer for adjudication and his decision thereon shall be final.

PART 14.—PENALTIES.

14-01. Any person wilfully supplying material which does not comply with these regulations and/or which in the opinion of the Chief Electrical Engineer constitutes an electrical hazard shall be liable to a fine of not less than £10.

14-02. Any person committing a breach of these regulations for which no penalty is hereinafter provided shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.

PART 15.—PERMITS FOR WIRING WORK.

15-01. (1) Save as provided in Regulations 15-12, 15-13, and 16-14 hereof no person shall until he has obtained permission from the electrical supply authority—

(a) Commence or undertake any electrical-wiring work. The permission in this case if given verbally shall be confirmed in writing within forty-eight hours ; or

(b) Connect to any source from which electrical energy is available—

(i) Any electrical wiring work ; or

(ii) Any electrical apparatus intended to be used in any situation where the person touching it may, under normal conditions, simultaneously make contact with earth or earthed metal ; or

(iii) Any electrical apparatus exceeding 10 amperes in capacity.

(2) The person undertaking to carry out any electrical wiring work shall on completion of such work notify the electrical supply authority in writing that the work is completed and that the tests prescribed by Regulations 62-51 to 62-55 (both inclusive) hereof have (where applicable) been satisfied. Such notice shall include the name and registration number of the electrical wirer-man in charge of the work.

(3) In the case of an installation on any Government railway station, Government railway workshop, or any Government railway line, but not elsewhere, it shall be sufficient for the Railway Department to advise the electrical supply authority and obtain permission only in cases where additional demand for electrical energy is involved.

15-02. The electrical supply authority shall, on application made by the owner or occupier of the premises describing the proposed work, issue within twenty-one days of such application a permit for the undertaking of such work. The issue of such permit shall not be deemed to be evidence that the electrical supply authority is prepared to supply electrical energy.

15-03. Every such permit shall be deemed to authorize the execution of the work only on condition that the work is commenced within a reasonable period of the date of issue thereof, and if the work be not commenced within such period the permit shall be void and of no effect.

15-04. Every such permit shall be deemed to authorize the execution of the work only on condition that the work is completed within a reasonable time from the commencement thereof, and if the work be not in the opinion of the electrical supply authority so completed the electrical supply authority may by notice in writing to the person to whom the permit was issued withdraw the same and the same shall thereupon cease to have effect.

15-05. During the currency of the permit no further permit shall be issued for the same work.

15-06. An electrical supply authority may grant a permit for temporary electrical wiring work, and a permit expressed to be so granted shall be deemed to authorize the undertaking of the work referred to therein so that the provisions of Regulations 15-03, 15-04, and 15-05 hereof apply and be deemed also to authorize the use and maintenance of such work for a period not exceeding one month from the date when the work is first connected with the source from which electrical energy is available or such shorter period as may be stated in the permit.

15-07. Any permit issued under the last preceding regulation may be subject to such conditions, not repugnant to these regulations, as the electrical supply authority thinks fit to impose and as are set out thereon.

15-08. The period for which any temporary electrical wiring work may be used and maintained may from time to time be extended by successive permits each for a period not exceeding one month but so that the total period for which such work may be used and maintained shall not (except in the case of temporary electrical wiring work used or maintained in connection with a building or works in course of construction) exceed twelve months from the date when the work was first connected with the source from which electrical energy is available.

15-09. No person shall connect any temporary electrical wiring work with a source from which electrical energy is available until it has been inspected and approved by an Authorized Inspector as having been installed in accordance with these regulations and with the conditions (if any) set out in the permit.

15-10. No person shall continue to use or maintain any temporary electrical wiring work after the expiration of the period (including any extension thereof) authorized in that behalf by a permit granted under these regulations.

15-11. On the expiration of the period (including any extension thereof) during which any temporary electrical wiring work may lawfully be used and maintained pursuant to a permit granted under these regulations the occupier of the premises on which such work is constructed shall forthwith demolish and dismantle such work.

15-12. In any case of emergency due to a breakdown or other accident any person authorized pursuant to the Electrical Wirer-men’s Registration Act, 1925, to do electrical wiring work may without obtaining a permit as required by these regulations begin any work necessary to repair the installation, provided that any person who begins any such work shall make an application for a permit under these regulations to the electrical supply authority within forty-eight hours after such work is begun.