78. Electrical plant, gas plant, etc., not fixtures and not subject to distress

Any electrical plant, electric line, electricity meter, item of gas plant, gas meter, appliance, accessory, fitting and appurtenance owned or let for hire or lent to a consumer by a public licensee and which has been affixed or fastened to any part of the premises —

(a)

shall continue to remain the property of that public licensee and shall be deemed not to be a fixture, and shall not vest in the owner of the premises; and

(b)

shall not be subject to distress or be liable to be taken in execution under process of any court or any proceedings in bankruptcy against the person in whose possession it is.

Terms defined in s 2

consumer
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“consumer” means a person who is supplied with water, electricity or gas or whose premises are for the time being connected for the purpose of a supply of water, electricity or gas with any system of supply;
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electric line
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“electric line” means any line which is used for carrying electricity for any purpose and includes, unless the context otherwise requires —(a)any support for the line, that is to say, any structure, pole or other thing in, on, by or from which the line is or may be supported, carried or suspended;(b)any apparatus connected to the line for the purposes of carrying electricity;(c)any wire, cable, tube, pipe or other similar thing (including its casing or coating) which surrounds or supports, or is surrounded or supported by, or is installed in close proximity to, or is supported, carried or suspended in association with, the line; and(d)any electricity cable;
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electrical plant
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“electrical plant” means any plant, equipment, apparatus or appliance used for, or for purposes connected with, the supply of electricity;
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electricity
Defined · s 2
“electricity” means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal;
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gas
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“gas” means any substance in a gaseous state supplied through pipes and used for cooking or heating purposes, but does not include gas supplied to a public gas licensee and liquefied petroleum gas;
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gas plant
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“gas plant” means any valve, regulator, plant, pipe, equipment, apparatus or appliance used for, or for purposes connected with, the production, transmission or supply of gas;
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premises
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“premises” includes buildings, structures, streets, lands, waters, tenements, easements of any tenure, whether State land or not, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;
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