Section 2

"aerial line" means an electric supply line which is placed above the ground and in open air, and includes service lines;

"arbitration" means arbitration under and in accordance with section 25;

"area of supply" means the area within which a supply authority or licensee is authorised to generate and/or supply energy;

"authorized person" means a person appointed by the management or the owner of an installation, or by a contractor, acting as an agent for and/or on behalf of the management or owner, to carry out certain duties incidental to the generation, transmission, distribution and utilisation of energy: provided that the said person possesses the qualifications prescribed for persons performing those duties, or if no qualifications are prescribed, is competent for the purpose for which he is employed, the burden of proof of competency being on the employer;

"Collector of Land Revenue" has the meaning assigned to "Collector" by section 5 of the National Land Code and section 4 of the Land Ordinance of Sabah and for the State of Sarawak, the Director of Lands and Surveys by section 2 of the Land Ordinance of Sarawak;

"competent person" means a person who holds a certificate of competency issued by the Director General to perform work in accordance with the restrictions, if any, stated in the certificate;

"conductor" means an electrical conductor arranged to be electrically connected to a system;

"consumer" means a person who is supplied with energy or whose premises are for the time being connected for the purpose of supply of energy by a supply authority or a licensee;

"conversion" means the conversion of alternating current to direct current or vice versa by static or dynamic means;

"danger" means danger to health or to human life or limb from shock, burn, or other injury and includes danger to property, installation or equipment resulting from the generation, transmission, distribution or utilisation of energy;

"dead", applied to any system or part of a system, means that it is not live or alive;

"Director" means an officer appointed under section 3 and includes the Director General;

"Director General" means the Director General of the Electrical Inspectorate appointed under this Act;

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"dishonestly" has the meaning assigned thereto in the Penal Code:

"energy" means electrical energy or electricity when generated, transmitted, distributed or utilised 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;

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

"extra high voltage" means a voltage normally exceeding three thousand volts;

"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;

"generator" means a rotating machine of any type for changing mechanical energy into electrical energy;

"grievous hurt" and "hurt" have the meanings assigned thereto respectively in the Penal Code;

"installation" means the whole of any plant or equipment under one ownership or, where a management is prescribed, in charge of the same management, designed for the supply or use, or both, as the case may be, of energy; including prime movers, if any, with all necessary plant, buildings and land in connection therewith, pipe line, supply line and consuming apparatus, if any;

"insulated" means covered or protected by insulating material;

"insulating", used as an epithet to characterise any substance, means of such size, quality and construction, according to circumstances, as to afford adequate protection from danger;

"licence" means a licence issued under this Act permitting the licensee to operate or work an installation and include any licence issued under any other law enforced before the promulgation of this Act;

"licensee" means a person permitted by licence to work or operate an installation and includes an authorized agent;

"live" or "alive", applied to a system or any part of any system, means that a voltage exists between any conductor and earth or between any two conductors in the system;

"mains" means a supply line through which energy is or can be supplied, whether the line is in use or not;

"main supply line" means any high voltage or extra high voltage supply line for transmitting energy from a generating station to another generating station or to a sub-station and includes any building or part of a building used in connection with such supply line;

"management" means the person for the time being placed in charge of an installation;

"motor" means a motor of any type for the transformation of electrical energy into mechanical energy;

"prescribed", unless otherwise specified, means prescribed by regulations made under section 38;

"prime mover" means a machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator;

"private installation" means an installation operated by a licensee or owner solely for the supply of energy to and use thereof on the licensee's or owner's own property or premises, or, in the case of a consumer taking energy from a public installation, for use only on the licensee's or owner's property or premises;

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

"public installation" means an installation operated by a licensee for the supply of energy to any person other than the licensee; provided that the licensee may use energy for his own purposes where the use is consistent with the terms of the licence;

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"public lamp" means an electric lamp used for the lighting of any street or other public place;

"public safety" means the obviation of danger to the general public, to public property and to streets, railways, airports, ports, canals, docks, wharves, piers, bridges, gas-works and their appurtenances and telegraphic, telephonic and other electrical signalling lines owned or operated by the Federal Government or any State Government;

"reserved land" means land reserved for a public purpose, railway reserves and forest reserves;

"State land" does not include reserved land and alienated land;

"street" includes any way, road, lane, path square, court, alley, passage or open space, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of way and also the roadway and footway over any public bridge;

"supply authority" means any statutory authority established by an Act of Parliament or any other law to generate and/or supply energy;

"supply line" means a conductor or conductors or other means of conveying, trasmitting or distributing energy, together with any casing, coating, covering, tube, pipe, insulator or post enclosing, surrounding or supporting the same or any part thereof, or any building or equipment connected 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.