Electricity Supply Regulations 1986 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Electricity Supply Regulations 1986

No. 3 of 1986

Compilation No. 2

Compilation date: 13 August 2019

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019 (F2019L01048)

NORFOLK ISLAND

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY REGULATIONS 1986

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Application of Standards 4. Supply of electricity 5. Supply of service 6. Segregation of supply 7. Temporary supply 8. Substations 9. Low voltage supply 10. Balancing of installations 11. Service fuses 12. Aerial conductors 13. Underground service mains 14. Connection to service mains 16. Consumers' installations 17. Switchboards 18. Location of meters 19. Placing of metering equipment 20. Current transformers 21. Spacing between meters and conductors 22. Fixing current transformers and other equipment 23. Protection of meters 24. Connections and links 25. Sealing 26. Labelling 27. Interference with supply to other consumers 28. Motors 29. Testing 30. Earthing 31. Protection against earth fault 32. Power factor 33. Accounts 34. Testing of meters 34A. Solar energy generation facilities Schedule 2

NORFOLK ISLAND

Electricity Supply Regulations 1986

Short title 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity Supply Regulations 1986.

Interpretation 2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears — "Act" means the Electricity Supply Act 1985; "approved" means approved by an authorised officer; "charging period" means a period of 3 months; "commercial installation" means an electrical installation relating to the supply of electricity for a commercial purpose; "domestic installation" means an electrical installation for a purpose that is not connected with a commercial purpose; "substation" means one or more transformers and ancillary equipment installed in, or mounted on, an enclosure, building, pole, platform or crossarm for the purpose of distribution and utilisation of electricity; "transformer" means an alternating current transformer used for converting alternating current from one voltage to another. (2) In these Regulations, a reference to the abbreviation "AS", a set of numerals or letters or numerals and letters, is a reference to the Australian Standard, indicated by that abbreviation, set of numerals or letters or numerals and letters. (3) In these Regulations, the values of current and voltage are expressed as the root mean square equivalent. (4) For the purposes of these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, words, expressions and provisions contained in these Regulations have the same interpretation, application and effect as they have under the Act.