New Electrical Installations

(1) No person shall install or permit to be installed a new electrical installation in any premises within the area of supply and connect any such installation to the Council's supply main, except under the authority of the written permission of the Engineer, which authority the Engineer may grant, subject to such conditions as he may determine, or refuse.

(2) Application for such authority shall be made to the Engineer on an application form obtainable from the Engineer. Such form shall be signed by the owner of the premises or his duly authorised representative and shall be accompanied by:

(a) plans and specifications of the electrical installation which it is proposed to install;

(b) in the case of premises outside the City, a plan of the locality in which the premises are situated;

(c) a copy of the building plan certified as having been approved by competent authority in respect of each building to be supplied with electricity by means of the installation;

(d) in the case of premises, whether inside or outside the city, a site plan, drawn to scale, indicating the position of the buildings on site, the proposed location of the meter, and its distances from all boundaries according to the Engineer's requirements.

(3) Application for various types of connection shall only be accepted in areas where that type of connection has been authorised by the Engineer;

(4) Where any application in terms of section 3(1)(b) hereof is made in respect of premises which have been formally wired, the appropriate connection fee referred to in section 3(1)(c) hereof shall, unless otherwise determined by the Engineer, be the fee as prescribed under item 1(b) of the First Schedule to these Bylaws.