Public Utilities Act · 1992 Revised Edition · Part V · Licensed Electrical and Supply Installations
45. Interpretation
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In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“authorised officer” means an officer authorised by the Board for the purposes of this Part;“electrical installation” 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, whether such appliances, wires, fittings or apparatus are or are not supplied by the person contracting or undertaking to instal the same, and includes a supply installation and any additions, alterations, and repairs to an electrical installation, but does not include —
any electricity supply main or service line of the Board;
electricity
“electricity” means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal;
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
apparatus
“apparatus” means water, gas or electrical apparatus and includes all apparatus, machines, consuming devices and fittings in which pipes or conductors are used or of which they form a part;
any appliances, wires, fittings or apparatus which are placed in, on, over or under any premises owned or occupied by the Board which are not used for the consumption of electricity on such premises or solely for purposes incidental to the conveyance or control of electricity so consumed;“electrical worker” means a person who is licensed as such under the Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Act [Cap. 89];“supply installation” means the whole of any plant or apparatus under one ownership or management, designed for the supply or use, or both supply and use, as the case may be, of electricity (other than electricity supplied or used for the transmission of any communication or signal) including any machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator, with all necessary plant, buildings and land in connection therewith, pipelines, supply lines and consuming apparatus, if any.
premises
“premises” includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;
“authorised officer” means an officer authorised by the Board for the purposes of this Part;
“electrical installation” 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, whether such appliances, wires, fittings or apparatus are or are not supplied by the person contracting or undertaking to instal the same, and includes a supply installation and any additions, alterations, and repairs to an electrical installation, but does not include —
installation
“installation”, except for the purposes of Part V, includes any plant or apparatus designed for the collection, production, supply or use, as the case may be, of water, gas or electricity;
any electricity supply main or service line of the Board;
main
“main” means a pipe or supply line through which water, gas or electricity is or can be supplied, whether the pipe or line is in use or not;
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
any appliances, wires, fittings or apparatus which are placed in, on, over or under any premises owned or occupied by the Board which are not used for the consumption of electricity on such premises or solely for purposes incidental to the conveyance or control of electricity so consumed;
“electrical worker” means a person who is licensed as such under the Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Act [Cap. 89];
licensed
“licensed”, in relation to a water service worker, means a person who is the holder of a current licence permitting him to perform personally such water service work as is specified in his licence;
“supply installation” means the whole of any plant or apparatus under one ownership or management, designed for the supply or use, or both supply and use, as the case may be, of electricity (other than electricity supplied or used for the transmission of any communication or signal) including any machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator, with all necessary plant, buildings and land in connection therewith, pipelines, supply lines and consuming apparatus, if any.