Electricity Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Electrical and Supply Installations, Cable Detection Work and Electrical Workers
33. Notice to electricity licensee to cut off supply
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where any person operates an electrical or a supply installation without an electrical or a supply installation licence -
supply installation
"supply installation" means the whole of any plant or apparatus in an installation owned or managed by a person for the provision of electricity (other than electricity used for the transmission of any communication or signal) solely for his own use, including any machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator, with all necessary related plant, buildings and land, supply lines and consuming apparatuses, if any;
the Authority may by written notice direct any electricity licensee to forthwith discontinue the supply of electricity to that electrical or supply installation; and 4
the electricity licensee shall, upon receipt of the notice, immediately comply with the notice.
Where the Authority has directed an electricity licensee to discontinue a supply of electricity under subsection (I), the licensee may discontinue the supply until all expenses incurred by the licensee are fully paid by the person operating the electrical or supply installation.
electricity
"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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Supply lines and other apparatus on State land 31.
apparatus
"apparatus" means any electrical apparatus, equipment or accessory and includes all apparatuses, machines, consuming devices and fittings in which one or more conductors are used or of which they form a part;
Subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Land and to such conditions as he may impose, an electrical or a supply installation licence may authorise the licensee to lay, place or carry on. under or over any State land to the extent and in the manner specified in the licence. such supply lines, and to erect and maintain in or on the State land such posts and other apparatuses as may, in the opinion of the Authority, be necessary or proper for the purposes of the electrical or supply installation.
Any authorisation under subsection (1) may be given or added to at any time during the currency of the licence by endorsement thereon.
All apparatuses placed in or upon any State land which is not removed therefrom within 6 months. or such longer period as the
Commissioner of Land may permit, after the expiration or earlier determination of the licence under the authority of which the apparatus was so placed, shall vest in and become the property of the Government.
Terms defined in s 2
apparatus
Defined · s 2"apparatus" means any electrical apparatus, equipment or accessory and includes all apparatuses, machines, consuming devices and fittings in which one or more conductors are used or of which they form a part;
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;
supply installation
Defined · s 2"supply installation" means the whole of any plant or apparatus in an installation owned or managed by a person for the provision of electricity (other than electricity used for the transmission of any communication or signal) solely for his own use, including any machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator, with all necessary related plant, buildings and land, supply lines and consuming apparatuses, if any;
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