### Electricity Supply (Special Areas) Regulations 《電力供應(特別地區)規例》

6. Fire risks and company’s responsibility
(1) In delivering a supply of electricity to a company’s meter terminals, the company shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire within the special area.
(2) Any company which contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1. (E.R. 6 of 2021)

7. Fire risks and consumer’s responsibility
(1) When taking a supply of electricity from a company’s meter terminals, the consumer shall exercise all due precautions so as to avoid risk of causing fire within the special area.
(2) Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 months and a fine at level 1. (E.R. 6 of 2021)

8. Inaccessibility of line conductors
(1) At the time of installation by a company, line conductors shall, as far as is practicable in the circumstances, be rendered inaccessible from any building or other place without the use of a ladder or other special appliance.
(2) Where it is not practicable in the circumstances for a company to render line conductors inaccessible as provided for in paragraph (1), the company shall insulate such line conductors.
(3) Any company which contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1. (E.R. 6 of 2021)

9. Main fuses or circuit-breakers
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), every consumer shall insert a suitable safety fuse, or other automatic circuit-breaker of adequate rupturing capacity, contained within a suitable receptacle of fire resistant construction—
(a) in the consumer’s wires in his premises as near to the point of entry as is practicable; and
(b) where the company’s meters are not attached to the consumer’s premises, in his consumer’s wires at the company’s meter terminals.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no fuse shall be inserted in the neutral conductor of any alternating current system supplying electricity to a consumer’s premises.
(3) Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 months and a fine at level 1. (E.R. 6 of 2021)

### Electricity Supply (Special Areas) Regulations 《電力供應(特別地區)規例》

10. Initial inspection of consumer’s installation before supply commences
(1) A company shall not commence to supply electricity to a consumer’s wires until it has inspected the consumer’s installation and is satisfied that these regulations have been complied with and that the connection of supply would not cause an undue leakage or a danger of shock or fire.
(2) If during an inspection under paragraph (1) any part of a consumer’s installation is found to be defective or otherwise in breach of these regulations, the company shall serve upon the consumer a notice requiring him to remedy such defect or breach, as the case may be, within such reasonable time as the company shall specify in the notice.
(3) If a consumer fails to comply with a notice served under paragraph (2) the company shall decline to supply electricity to the premises concerned and shall not connect the supply until the defect or breach has been remedied and any reasonable charge for retesting has been paid to it by the consumer.
(4) A notice under paragraph (2) shall be sufficiently served if sent by post to the consumer’s premises or left at such premises.
(5) Any company which contravenes paragraph (1) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1. (E.R. 6 of 2021)

11. Penalty for unauthorized consumer’s connections and additions
Any person who, without having first obtained approval from the company, connects or authorizes or permits the connection of any consumer’s installation to the company’s mains, or makes or authorizes or permits the making of any addition or extension to any consumer’s installation which has not been approved by the company shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 months and a fine at level 1 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty of $100 for each day during which the offence continues.
(E.R. 6 of 2021)

12. Penalty for interference with company’s seals
Any person, other than an employee of the company, who interferes with a company’s seals at the company’s meter terminals shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 months and a fine at level 1.
(E.R. 6 of 2021)

13. Application of Electricity Supply Regulations
The Electricity Supply Regulations (Cap. 406 sub. leg. A), with the exception of regulations 13(4) and 25 to 29, shall apply to and in respect of special areas.
(L.N. 216 of 1990)

### Electricity (Wiring) Regulations 《電力(線路)規例》

1. Citation
(E.R. 1 of 2022)(1) These regulations may be cited as the Electricity (Wiring) Regulations.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 1 of 2022)

### Electricity (Wiring) Regulations 《電力(線路)規例》

3. Application
(1) These regulations apply to fixed electrical installations.
(2) These regulations, except regulation 5(1), do not apply to a category 2 circuit.

4. General safety requirements
(1) Good workmanship and suitable materials shall be used.
(2) A fixed electrical installation shall be designed, constructed, installed and protected so as to prevent danger.
(3) Electrical equipment shall be installed so that it is capable of being identified, maintained, inspected and tested, where appropriate, so as to prevent danger.
(4) Electrical equipment that requires operation, maintenance or attention shall be installed so as to provide adequate and safe means of access and working space.
(5) The owner and person in control of a substation or switchroom shall ensure that unauthorized entry into his substation or switchroom is prevented.
(6) The owner and person in control of premises in which a switchroom or substation is located shall ensure that their entrances and exits are kept clear of obstructions that could prevent easy access to the switchroom or substation.
(7) A registered electrical worker shall ensure that safety precautions are taken to prevent danger arising from electrical wiring work done by him or under his supervision.

5. Segregation of circuit categories
(1) Category 1, 2, 3 and 4 circuits shall be segregated from one another as far as is necessary to prevent danger and electrical interference.
(2) Category 4 circuits shall not be installed in the same conduit, ducting or trunking as circuits of other categories and shall be segregated from circuits of other categories at a distance sufficient to prevent danger and electrical interference with the circuits of those other categories.

6. Circuit arrangement
(1) A wiring installation shall be divided into as many circuits as are necessary in order to—
(a) avoid danger in the event of a fault; and
(b) facilitate safe operation, inspection, testing and maintenance.
(2) A separate circuit shall be provided for each part of a wiring installation that needs to be separately controlled.
(3) Where a wiring installation comprises more than one final circuit—
(a) each final circuit shall be separately protected against overcurrent and connected to a separate isolation device in a distribution board;
(b) the wiring of each final circuit shall be electrically separated from that of every other final circuit, so as to prevent indirect energisation of the final circuit intended to be isolated; and
(c) each final circuit shall be designed so that it is not affected by the failure of any other final circuit.

7. Current demand
(1) A circuit shall be suitable for the maximum current demand of all current-using equipment that is connected or intended to be connected to the circuit when the current-using equipment is functioning in its intended manner.
(2) The maximum current demand of a fixed electrical installation shall not exceed the approved loading.