| (Cap 406, section 59(1))* [30 July 1976] (L.N. 181 of 1976) _________________________________________________________________________________ Note: * These regulations were made under section 3A of the repealed Electricity Supply Ordinance (Cap 103, 1976 Ed.). See section 36(1) of the Interpretation and General Clause Ordinance (Cap 1) and section 59(1) of the Electricity Ordinance, enacted in 1990 (Cap 406). Cap 406B reg 1 Citation These regulations may be cited as the Electricity Supply (Special Areas) Regulations. Cap 406B reg 2 Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "company" (公司) means any person or any body of persons corporate or unincorporate by whom electricity is supplied to a special area; "company's installation" (公司装置) means any of a company's plant, equipment, apparatus, fittings or appliances used for the purposes of generating transmitting, distributing or supplying electricity to a special area; "consumer" (用户) means a person who has registered with a company for the supply of electricity by the company within a special area; "consumer's installation" (用户装置) means any consumer's wires and fixed electrical equipment and apparatus connected to the consumer's wires; "consumer's wires" (用户电线) means any electric lines which are connected to the service lines of a company at the company's meter terminals; "electricity" (电力) means electricity, electric current or any like agency; (L.N. 216 of 1990) "special area" (特别地区) means a special area designated under section 59(2) of the Ordinance. (L.N. 216 of 1990) (69 of 1999 s. 6) Cap 406B reg 3 Application These regulations shall apply to and in respect of special areas. Cap 406B reg 4 Responsibility of company for company's installation (1) A company shall be responsible for ensuring that the company's installation is maintained in a safe condition and in all respects fit for supplying electricity. (2) Any company which contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $100 for each day during which the offence continues. Cap 406B reg 5 Responsibility of consumer for consumer's installation (1) A consumer shall be responsible for ensuring that the consumer's installation belonging to him or used by him or under his control is maintained in a safe condition and in all respects fit for supplying electricity. (2) Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 months and a fine of $2000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $100 for each day during which the offence continues. Cap 406B reg 6 Fire risks and company's responsibility (1) In delivering a supply of electricity to a company's meter terminals, the company shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire within the special area. (2) Any company which contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2000. Cap 406B reg 7 Fire risks and consumer's responsibility (1) When taking a supply of electricity from a company's meter terminals, the consumer shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire within the special area. (2) Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 months and a fine of $2000. Cap 406B reg 8 Inaccessibility of line conductors (1) At the time of installation by a company, line conductors shall, as far as is practicable in the circumstances, be rendered inaccessible from any building or other place without the use of a ladder or other special appliance. (2) Where it is not practicable in the circumstances for a company to render line conductors inaccessible as provided for in paragraph (1), the company shall insulate such line conductors. (3) Any company which contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2000. Cap 406B reg 9 Main fuses or circuit-breakers (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every consumer shall insert a suitable safety fuse, or other automatic circuit-breaker of adequate rupturing capacity, contained within a suitable receptacle of fire resistant construction- (a) in the consumer's wires in his premises as near to the point of entry as is practicable; and (b) where the company's meters are not attached to the consumer's premises, in his consumer's wires at the company's meter terminals.(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no fuse shall be inserted in the neutral conductor of any alternating current system supplying electricity to a consumer's premises. (3) Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 months and a fine of $2000. |
