Interpretation
 1. In this Regulation, “Authority” means the Electrical Safety Authority; “authorized person” means a competent person authorized by a distributor to have access to areas containing, or structures supporting, energized apparatus or conductors; “barriered” means separated by clearances, burial, separations, spacings, insulation, fences, railings, enclosures, structures and other physical barriers, signage, markers or any combination of the above; “competent person” means a person who, (a) is qualified because of knowledge, training and experience, (i) to perform specific work, or (ii) to organize work and its performance, (b) has knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the workplace in relation to the work, and (c) is familiar with section 113 of the Act and the regulations made under it, and with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the regulations made under that Act, that apply to the work; “contractor” means any person who performs work on electrical equipment or an electrical installation; “disconnecting means” means a device, group of devices or other means whereby the conductors of a circuit can be disconnected from their source of supply; “distribution line” means an electricity distribution line, transformers, plant or equipment used for conveying electricity at voltages of 50,000 volts or less; “distribution station” means an enclosed assemblage of equipment, including but not limited to switches, circuit breakers, buses and transformers, through which electrical energy is passed for the purpose of transforming one primary voltage to another primary voltage; “effectively grounded” means permanently connected to earth through a ground connection of sufficiently low impedance and having sufficient current-carrying capacity to prevent the building up of voltages that may result in undue hazard to persons; “electrical equipment” means any apparatus, appliance, device, instrument, fitting, fixture, machinery, material or thing used in or for, or capable of being used in or for, the distribution, supply or utilization of electric power or energy, and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, includes any assemblage or combination of materials or things which is used, or is capable of being used or adapted, to serve or perform any particular purpose or function when connected to an electrical installation, notwithstanding that any of such materials or things may be mechanical, metallic or non-electric in origin; “electrical installation” means the installation, repair, replacement, alteration or extension of any wiring or electrical equipment that forms part of a distribution system; “ESC” means the Electrical Safety Code referred to in Ontario Regulation 164/99; “live” means electrically connected to a source of voltage difference or electrically charged so as to have a voltage different from that of the earth; “ownership demarcation point” means the point, (a) at which the distributor’s ownership of a distribution system, including connection assets, ends at the customer, and (b) that is not located beyond, (i) the first set of terminals located on or in any building, or (ii) an electrical room or vault in a building where the electrical room or vault is of tamperproof construction, bears a sign to indicate that it is an electrical room or vault and is accessible only to authorized persons; “primary distribution line” means a distribution line conveying electricity at more than 750 volts but not more than 50,000 volts phase to phase; “professional engineer” means a person who holds a licence or a temporary licence under the Professional Engineers Act; “secondary distribution line” means an electricity distribution line conveying electricity at 750 volts or less phase to phase; “vault” means an isolated enclosure, either above or below ground, with fire-resistant walls, ceilings and floors in which transformers and other electrical equipment are housed. O. Reg. 22/04, s. 1.