### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

8. No reconnection until compliance
(1) An owner of a fixed electrical installation shall not reconnect or cause or knowingly allow another person to reconnect the electricity supply to the fixed electrical installation disconnected under section 5 or 6 until the Director notifies the owner that he has received a certificate prepared and signed by a registered electrical worker in a form required by the Director certifying that the electrical installation complies with this Ordinance.
(2) An owner does not contravene subsection (1) where he causes or allows a registered electrical worker to reconnect the electricity supply to the electrical installation for the purpose of testing the installation.

9. Exemption of electrical installation, etc.
(1) Where the Director is satisfied that an owner is capable of safely installing and maintaining his own fixed electrical installation, the Director may, by order, exempt the owner, his electrical installations, his electrical workers or any combination of them, from any of the provisions of this Ordinance relating to electrical installations.
(2) The Director may make an exemption under subsection (1) subject to conditions specified in the order, and he may in the order modify the application of provisions of this Ordinance so far as is necessary to give effect to those provisions and conditions in light of the exemption.

10. Electricity supplier to report electrical accident
(1) If an electrical accident occurs involving an electricity supplier’s electrical installation, the supplier shall inform the Director within 3 days after the accident.
(2) Within 4 weeks after the accident the supplier shall give the Director a report of the cause of the accident and what remedial action has been or will be done to prevent a recurrence of the accident.

11. Electricity supplier to report electricity interruption
(1) If an unintended electricity supply interruption occurs, causing distress or inconvenience to the public, the electricity supplier shall, if requested by the Director and by a date specified by him, give the Director a report of the cause of the interruption and what remedial action has been or will be done to prevent a recurrence of the interruption.
(2) The Director may by notice require an electricity supplier who receives electricity directly from a source outside of Hong Kong to inform the Director and any other person specified by the Director of a loss or impending loss of all or a portion of the electricity supply from that source or of an impending failure to receive an expected supply of electricity from that source and the Director may specify in the notice the type of information required and the method and frequency of reporting it.

12. Inspection before connection
(1) An electricity supplier shall not connect the electricity supply to a fixed electrical installation unless he has inspected the installation and is satisfied that it is safe to do so.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an electricity supplier may reconnect the electricity supply to a fixed electrical installation without inspection if the reconnection is made within a prescribed period after the disconnection, so long as the disconnection was for reasons other than safety or contravention of this Ordinance.

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

13. Connection and continued supply
(1) Where a fixed electrical installation complies with this Ordinance an electricity supplier shall, within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by the owner of the installation, connect the electricity supply to the installation.
(2) Subsection (1) does not oblige an electricity supplier—
(a) to supply electricity where it is impracticable or unsafe to do so because of the location of the owner’s premises; or
(b) to supply electricity to an owner who does not agree to the supplier’s usual contractual terms or to provide reasonable evidence of credit worthiness; or
(c) to supply or continue to supply electricity to an owner of an electrical installation who has failed to perform his contractual obligations to the supplier.
(3) If an electricity supplier refuses to connect the electricity supply to an owner’s electrical installation, he shall give the owner the reason for the refusal.

14. Electricity supplier may inspect or require inspection
(1) If an electricity supplier has reasonable grounds to believe that a fixed electrical installation may contravene this Ordinance or may affect the safe and stable operation of the supplier’s or another person’s electrical installation, he may at a reasonable time enter premises to inspect the fixed electrical installation and he shall inform the owner of the electrical installation of the results of the inspection.
(2) Notwithstanding any agreement between an electricity supplier and the owner of the installation, the owner is not obliged to allow the supplier to inspect his installation unless the supplier has given him at least 2 weeks notification of the proposed time of the inspection and includes in the notice the reason for the inspection.
(3) Notwithstanding any agreement between an electricity supplier and the owner, instead of submitting to the inspection under subsection (1), the owner may arrange his own inspection and give the supplier an inspection report by a date not later than that set out in the notification under subsection (2).
(4) The inspection report must be prepared and signed by a registered electrical worker in a form required by the Director and state the worker’s opinion on whether the fixed electrical installation contravenes this Ordinance or affects the safe and stable operation of the supplier’s or another person’s electrical installation.

15. Owner to rectify problem
(1) If after an inspection is made under section 14(1) or (3) the electricity supplier considers that the fixed electrical installation contravenes this Ordinance or affects the safe and stable operation of another person’s electrical installation the supplier may by notice require the owner of the installation to rectify the problem by a date specified in the notice.
(2) Within one week after rectifying the problem the owner shall give the supplier a certificate prepared and signed by a registered electrical worker in a form required by the Director certifying that the owner’s installation complies with this Ordinance.

### Electricity Ordinance 《電力條例》

16. Electricity supplier may disconnect supply
(1) If an owner—
(a) fails either to allow the supplier to carry out the inspection under section 14(1) or to give the supplier a report under section 14(3) within the time required; or
(b) fails to rectify the problem under section 15 within the time specified by the supplier,
the supplier may disconnect the electricity supply from the owner’s electrical installation.
(2) The supplier shall notify the owner at least 2 weeks before the time of intended disconnection and he shall include in the notice the reason for the disconnection.
(3) The supplier shall not disconnect under this section while an appeal under section 42 against the disconnection is pending.
(4) If an appeal against disconnection is unsuccessful, the supplier shall notify the owner at least 2 days before the time of intended disconnection.

17. Emergency disconnection
(1) Where an electricity supplier considers that there is an imminent risk of electrical accident, he may without notice disconnect the electricity supply from an electrical installation and shall prevent, so far as is reasonably possible, unauthorized reconnection of the supply.
(2) At the request of the owner of the disconnected installation, the supplier shall give the owner the reason for the disconnection within 2 weeks after the date of the request.

18. Disconnection to ensure supply stability
(1) An electricity supplier may without notice disconnect the supply of electricity from all or part of an electrical installation if he considers it necessary to ensure the safe and stable operation of the supplier’s or another person’s electrical installation.
(2) At the request of the owner of the disconnected installation, the supplier shall give the owner the reason for the disconnection within 2 weeks after the date of the request.

19. Inspection after electrical accident
(1) Within 2 weeks after the occurrence of an electrical accident that involves or affects a fixed electrical installation, the owner of the installation shall have the affected part of the installation inspected by a registered electrical worker.
(2) Except in the case of a life threatening emergency the owner of the electrical installation shall not use or knowingly allow the use of the affected part of the installation until he has been given a certificate prepared and signed by a registered electrical worker in a form required by the Director certifying that the affected part of the owner’s installation complies with this Ordinance.
(3) Within 2 weeks after the date of the certificate the owner shall give a copy of it to the Director.