Section 2

“area of supply” means that area within which the Corporation is, or a licensee is authorized, to generate and/or to supply energy;

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“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Corporation appointed under section 5;

“consumer” means a person who is supplied with energy or whose premises are for the time being connected for the purpose of a supply of energy with any system of supply;

“Corporation” means the Corporation established by section 3;

“danger” means danger to health or to human life or limb from shock, burn or other injury resulting from the generation, transformation, distribution or use of energy, and includes danger to property from fire resulting as aforesaid;

“energy” means electrical energy when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal; electricity unless otherwise defined is an article as provided for under section 3 of the Factories and Machinery

Act 1967 [Act 139];

“equipment” includes any item for such purposes as generation, conversion, transmission, distribution or utilization of electrical energy, such as machines, transformers, apparatus, measuring instruments, protective devices, wiring materials, accessories and appliances;

“General Manager” means the General Manager appointed under section 12 and includes any person for the time being so appointed to perform the duties of the General Manager;

“generating station” means any station for generating energy including any buildings and plant used for the purpose, and the site thereof, and includes a site intended to be used for a generating station but does not include any station for transforming, converting or distributing energy;

“installation” means the whole of any plant or equipment designed for the supply or use, or both, as the case may be, of energy,

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including prime movers, if any, with all supply lines and consuming equipment, if any;

“licence” means a licence to operate or work an installation issued under any written law relating to electricity and includes any licence issued under any other law enforced before the promulgation of this

Act;

“licensee” means the holder of a licence;

“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with responsibility for matters relating to energy;

“premises” includes any building or other erection and the land occupied or used in connection therewith, being under one ownership, occupation or management;

“prime mover” means a machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator;

“private safety” means the obviation of danger to individuals or to private property;

“public safety” means the obviation of danger to the general public, to public property and to roads, streets, railways, airports, ports, canals, docks, wharves, piers, bridges, gasworks, waterworks and their appurtenances and telegraphic, telephonic and other electrical signalling lines owned or operated by the Governmen of Malaysia or any State Government;

“State” means the State of Sarawak;

“street” includes any road, lane, path, passage or open space whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of way;

“supply line” means a conductor or other means of conveying, transmitting or distributing energy, together with any casing, coating, covering, tube, pipe, insulator or post enclosing, surrounding or

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supporting the same or any part thereof, or any building or equipment connecting therewith for the purpose of transforming, conveying, transmitting or distributing energy;

“system” means an electrical system in which all the conductors and equipment are electrically or magnetically connected;

“transformation” means the transformation of voltage from lower to a higher voltage or vice versa;

“voltage” means extra high voltage, high voltage, low voltage and extra low voltage as prescribed.