Singapore legislation
Clause 67
Clause 67
Licence required for use or operation of electrical or supply installation, etc.
(1)
No person shall —
use, work or operate or permit to be used, worked or operated any electrical or supply installation; or
supply to or for the use of any other person electricity from any electrical or supply installation,except under and in accordance with the terms of an electrical or supply installation licence granted by the Authority under this section authorising such use, work, operation or supply.
(2)
An electrical or supply installation licence may be granted under this section on the payment of such fee, if any, as may be prescribed.
(3)
An electrical or supply installation licence shall not be transferred without the approval of the Authority.
(4)
An electrical or supply installation licence shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed and to such further conditions, if any, as may be imposed and endorsed on the licence by the Authority.
(5)
An electrical or supply installation licence may be for such period as the Authority may approve.
(6)
In every electrical or supply installation licence, there shall be specified as may be appropriate —
the installation area;
the declared voltage frequency and the variations permitted thereon; and
such other matters as the Authority may consider desirable.
(7)
The Authority may, in its discretion, require that, before the grant of any electrical or supply installation licence, such security as it may specify shall be furnished to ensure the due observance of the terms and conditions of the licence and of the provisions of this Act.
(8)
An electrical or supply installation licence may be surrendered by the licensee to the Authority for cancellation if the electrical or supply installation is no longer required to be used.
(9)
Where the licensee wishes to operate the electrical or supply installation after the surrender of the licence, the installation shall be treated in all respects as if it were a new electrical or supply installation.
(10)
Any electrical or supply installation licence issued under the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261) in force immediately before the appointed day shall continue in force until suspended or revoked and shall be deemed to have been issued under this Act.