ELECTRICITY: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

ELECTRICITY: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

ELECTRICITY BY-LAWS

ARRANGEMENT OF BY-LAWS

    BY-LAW

PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
LICENSING

    3.    Licence application fees

    4.    Objects of licensing system

    5.    Applications

    6.    Advertising

    7.    Objections

PART III
INSTALLATION PERMITS

Division 1
The Committee

    8.    Establishment of Committee

    9.    Rules and procedures

    10.    Permit required

    11.    Meetings of the Committee

    12.    Technical qualifications

    13.    Types ofpermit

Division 2
Application for Permit

    14.    Application for permit

    15.    Companies and organizations

    16.    Conditions to be satisfied

    17.    Voting

    18.    Grant of permit

    19.    Cancellation of permit

    20.    Obtaining information

PART IV
SUPPLY AND QUALITY OF SERVICE

Division 1
Supply

    21.    Declared method of supply to consumers

    22.    Licensee to provide constant supply

    23.    Licensee may lessen or discontinue supply

    24.    Licensee shall not permanently connect

    25.    Disconnexion of works in certain circumstances

    26.    Protection of telegraph lines

    27.    Inspection and testing

    28.    Availability of By-laws

Division 2
Conditions on the Construction of Substation and Private Generation

    29.    Design and protection of works

    30.    Switchgear

    31.    Fuse

    32.    Automatic circuit-breakers

    33.    Joints and connexions

    34.    Isolating and protective devices

    35.    Switchboard

    36.    Building for electrical purposes

    37.    Outdoor substations

    38.    Earthing of metal-work

    39.    Earthing of consumer’s installation

    40.    Earth electrodes

    41.    Leakage to earth

    42.    Arc-suppression coils

    43.    Service lines on consumer’s premises

    44.    Construction and installation of cables

    45.    Metallic protection for high-voltage cables

    46.    Identification of neutral conductor, cable labeling and insulation test

Division 3
Standards of Measurement

    47.    Fundamental electrical units

    48.    Derived electrical units

    49.    Measurement of electricity

Division 4
Quality of Service and Supply Standards

    50.    Quality of service and supply standards

PART V
SAFETY CODE RULES

Division 1
Application of Part

    51.    Application of this Part

Division 2
General Provisions

    52.    Information and instruction

    53.    Variation

    54.    Special procedures

    55.    Objections

    56.    Accident and dangerous occurrences

    57.    Duties

    58.    Safety equipment and protective clothing

    59.    Electric shock

Division 3
General Safety Precautions

    60.    Access to work in operational premises

    61.    Vessel containing flammable substance

    62.    Work in fire protected areas

    63.    Work on poles, towers and high structures

    64.    Access to high-voltage apparatus and conductors

    65.    High-voltage switching

    66.    Records

    67.    Failure of supply

    68.    Voltage testing devices

Division 4
Safety Precautions for Work on or near High-Voltage Systems

    69.    General requirements

    70.    Isolation of apparatus and conductors

    71.    Earthing

    72.    Approach to exposed live high-voltage conductors or insulators supporting them

    73.    Work in substations and switching stations containing exposed live high-voltage conductors

    74.    Permit-to-work

    75.    Sanction-for-test

    76.    Procedure for temporary withdrawal or suspension

    77.    Limitation

Division 5
Safety Precautions and Procedures Applicable to Low-Voltage Systems

    78.    General

    79.    Requirements for work on dead low-voltage apparatus

    80.    Precautions for work on live low-voltage cables

    81.    Precautions for work on dead low-voltage overhead lines

    82.    Work on live low-voltage apparatus and conductors

    83.    Precautions for work on live low-voltage cables

    84.    Precautions for work on live low-voltage overhead lines

    85.    Application of high-voltage rules to work on low-voltage apparatus and conductors

    86.    Testing and adjustment of low-voltage apparatus

PART VI
WIRING

Division 1
General

    87.    Administration of by-laws

    88.    Application of by-laws

    89.    Inspection of installations

    90.    Procedure for settling disputes

    91.    Prior notification to undertaker

    92.    Accommodation to be provided

    93.    Meter panels and connexions

    94.    Custody of licensee’s property

    95.    Disconnexion in certain circumstances

    96.    Connexion of neutral with earth

    97.    Protection of telecommunication

    98.    Guidance and instructions

    99.    Certificate of inspection and testing

Division 2
Construction of Consumer’s Installations

    100.    Design and mechanical protection

    101.    Electrical protection

    102.    Isolation and control position

    103.    Earthing of metal-work

    104.    Protection against earth leakage

    105.    Arc-suppression coils

    106.    Earthing of installation

    107.    Electrode boilers

    108.    Auto-transformers

    109.    Capacitors

    110.    Indoor substations

    111.    Outdoor substations

Division 3
Underground Cables

    112.    Construction and installation

    113.    Joints and connexions

    114.    Metallic protection of high-voltage cables

    115.    Identification and insulation test

Division 4
Overhead Lines

    116.    Overhead lines

    117.    Constructional materials requirements

    118.    Minimum heights and insulation

    119.    Unmetered service lines

    120.    Overhead lines crossing railway tracks

    121.    Different voltages in…