Singapore legislation
Section 69
Section 69
Works of public electricity licensee
(1)
Notwithstanding any written law but subject to this section, for any purpose connected with the carrying on of the activities which it is authorised by its public licence to carry on, a public electricity licensee may execute —
the following kinds of works, that is to say, installing under, over, in, on, along or across any premises, street or bridge and from time to time inspecting, maintaining, adjusting, repairing, altering, replacing or removing —
any electric line or electrical plant;
any structure for housing or covering any such line or plant; and
any meter, switch and any other suitable and proper apparatus for the purpose of leading off service lines and other distributing conductors or of examining, testing, measuring, directing or controlling the supply of electricity or of testing the conditions of the mains and other portions of the works; and
any work requisite for or incidental to the purposes of any works falling within paragraph (a), including for those purposes —
excavating any land, street or drain;
tunnelling or boring under any land, street, sewer or drain;
removing or using all earth and materials in or under any land, street, sewer or drain;
erecting, placing or installing equipment, apparatus and other electrical plant in or under any land, building, street or bridge; and
erecting, placing or installing poles on any land or street.
(2)
All such works, including the upper surface or covering thereof, shall be constructed of such materials and shall be maintained by the public electricity licensee in such manner as not to be a source of danger, whether by reason of inequality of surface or otherwise; and when the licensee lays any electric line or crossing or liable to touch any main, pipe, line or other service, the conducting portion of the electric line shall be effectually insulated.
(3)
Except in cases of emergency arising from faults in any electric line or electrical plant, no works falling within subsection (1) shall be executed without the giving of reasonable notice.
(4)
A public electricity licensee shall do as little damage as possible in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) and shall make good any damage done in the exercise of those powers.
(5)
Where any dispute arises as to whether a public electricity licensee has sufficiently made good any damage done in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the dispute —
may be referred to the Board by either party; and
on such a reference, shall be determined by the Board whose decision shall be final and conclusive between the parties.
(6)
A public electricity licensee shall exercise the powers conferred by subsection (1) in such manner as will secure that nothing which it instals or keeps installed under, over, in, on, along or across any premises or street becomes a source of danger to the public.
(7)
A public electricity licensee shall not, when exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), be liable for or required to pay any person any fee, charge or expense whatsoever for the right to enter or use any land or premises.