83. Licence required for use or operation of electrical or supply installation
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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 Board under this section authorising such use, work, operation or supply.
An electrical or supply installation licence may be granted under this section on the payment of such fee, if any, as may be prescribed.
electrical or supply installation licence
“electrical or supply installation licence” means a licence granted under section 83;
An electrical or supply installation licence shall not be transferred without the consent of the Board.
Board
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board established under the Public Utilities Act in force before 1st October 1995 and continued by section 3;
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 Board.
An electrical or supply installation licence may be for such period as the Board may approve.
In every electrical or supply installation licence, there shall be set out as may be appropriate —
the service area;
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.
An electrical or supply installation licence may be surrendered by the licensee to the Board for cancellation if the electrical or supply installation is no longer required to be used; thereafter, if the licensee wishes to operate the electrical or supply installation again, it shall be treated in all respects as if it were a new electrical or supply installation.
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 the 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, but does not include any electric line, supply line or electrical plant of the Board or a public licensee;