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NO. 10 OF 2001


(a) the installation area;
(b) the declared voltage frequency and the variations permitted thereon; and
(c) such other matters as the Authority may consider desirable.

(7) The Authority may, in its discretion, require that, before the grant of any electrical or supply installation licence, such security as it may specify shall be furnished to ensure the due observance of the terms and conditions of the licence and of the provisions of this Act.

(8) An electrical or supply installation licence may be surrendered by the licensee to the Authority for cancellation if the electrical or supply installation is no longer required to be used.

(9) Where the licensee wishes to operate the electrical or supply installation after the surrender of the licence, the installation shall be treated in all respects as if it were a new electrical or supply installation.

(10) Any electrical or supply installation licence issued under the Public Utilities Act (Cap. 261) in force immediately before the appointed day shall continue in force until suspended or revoked and shall be deemed to have been issued under this Act.

Notice to electricity licensee to cut off supply

68.—(1) Where any person operates an electrical or supply installation without an electrical or supply installation licence—

(a) the Authority may by written notice direct any electricity licensee to forthwith discontinue the supply of electricity to that electrical or supply installation; and
(b) the electricity licensee shall, upon receipt of the notice, immediately comply with the notice.

(2) Where the Authority has directed an electricity licensee to discontinue a supply of electricity under subsection (1), 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.

Supply lines and other apparatus on State land

69.—(1) Subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Lands and to such conditions as he may impose, an electrical or supply