Public Utilities Act · 1992 Revised Edition · Part V · Licensed Electrical and Supply Installations
46. Licence required for use of electrical or supply installation
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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 a licence expressly authorising such use or supply, as the case may be.
Such licence may be granted by the Board on payment of such fee, if any, as may be prescribed.
licence
“licence” means a licence issued under the provisions of Parts V and VI;
A licence shall not be transferred without the consent of the Board.
A 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 Board.
A licence may be for such period as the Board may approve.
In every licence for the use of a supply installation, there shall be set out —
supply installation
“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.
the area of supply;
the declared voltage frequency and the variations permitted thereon;
the maximum charges payable by consumers; and
such other matters as the Board may consider desirable.