8. Savings in certain cases
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, but subject to any other written law, it shall not be unlawful for —
a person to replace any lamp not being any lamp belonging to the Board;
Board
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board constituted under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act;
a person to replace any fuse in premises used for residential purposes, not being a fuse belonging to the Board;
an officer or employee of the Board to perform or carry out personally any electrical work in the course of his employment or duties as such officer or employee;
electrical work
“electrical work” means any work performed or carried out on any electrical installation and includes the installing, constructing, erecting or repairing thereof or the altering of the structure thereof or the replacing of any part thereof or the adding of any part thereto or the carrying out of any work thereon for the maintenance thereof, but does not include work in relation to —(a)the manufacturing of any electrical installation or the assembling thereof in the course of or in connection with its manufacture for the purpose of producing a new article; or(b)the oiling, greasing, cleaning or painting of any electrical installation;
the Board to do any act or thing on or in connection with its own electrical installation; and
electrical installation
“electrical installation” includes a supply installation and means any appliances, wires, fittings or other apparatus placed in, on, over or under any premises and used for or for purposes incidental to the conveyance, control or use of electricity supplied or intended to be supplied by the Board or any other person, and whether the appliances, wires, fittings or apparatus are or are not supplied by the person contracting or undertaking to install the same, and includes additions, alterations and repairs to an electrical installation, but does not include —(a)any electricity supply main or service line of the Board;(b)any appliances, wires, fittings or apparatus connected to and beyond any electrical outlet socket which is installed for the purpose of connecting portable electrical appliances, fittings or apparatus and at which fixed wiring terminates; or(c)any appliances, wires, fittings or apparatus which are placed in, on, over or under any premises owned or occupied by the Board and which are not used for the consumption of electricity on such premises or solely for purposes incidental to the conveyance or control of electricity as consumed;
a person, other than an electrical worker, whose trade or occupation normally includes the performance of work on any appliance, plant or machinery driven, or operated by, or incorporating any electrical installation, to perform or carry out that work in the normal course of his trade or occupation or for purposes incidental thereto, so long as he does not perform or carry out work on any part or circuit which is, or may be, connected to a source of electricity supply.
electrical worker
“electrical worker” means any person whose trade or occupation requires or includes the personal performance by him of electrical work or a person who is otherwise competent or qualified personally to perform electrical work;