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the purpose so as to maintain adequately their insulating property under all working conditions in respect of
temperature, moisture, salinity and pollution.
(7) Adequate precautions shall be taken to ensure that no live parts are exposed as to cause danger.
(8) Every consumer shall use all reasonable means to ensure that where electricity is supplied by the supplier, no
person other than the supplier shall interfere with service lines and apparatus placed by the supplier on the
premises of the consumer.
38. Provisions for supply and use of electricity in multi-storeyed building more than fifteen metre in height.
(1) The connected load and voltage of supply above which inspection is to be carried out by an Electrical
Inspector for a multi-storeyed building of more than fifteen metre height shall be notified by the Appropriate
Government.
(2) Before making an application for commencement of supply or recommencement of supply after an
installation has been disconnected for a period of six months or more, the owner or occupier of a multi-storeyed
building shall give not less than thirty days notice in writing to the Electrical Inspector specifying therein the
particulars of installation and the supply of electricity shall not be commenced or recommenced within this
period, without the approval in writing of the Electrical Inspector.
(3) The following safety measures shall be provided in the multi-storeyed buildings of more than fifteen metre
height and other premises such as airports, hospitals, hotels, places of entertainment, places of worship, cultural
centers, stadium, academic buildings, test labs, industrial installations, installation with explosive or flammable
material, railway or metro stations and other public buildings, namely:
(i) the supplier or owner of the installation shall provide at the point of commencement of supply a
suitable isolating device with cut-out or breaker to operate on all phases except neutral in the three-phase,
four-wire circuit and fixed in a conspicuous position at not more than 1.70 metre above the ground so as to
completely isolate the supply to the building in case of emergency;
(ii) the owner or occupier of a multi-storeyed building shall ensure that electrical installations and works
inside the building are carried out and maintained in such a manner as to prevent danger due to shock and fire
hazards, and the installation is carried out as per the relevant standards;
(iii) no other service pipes and cables shall be taken through the ducts provided for laying of power cables
and all ducts provided for power cables and other services shall be provided with fire barrier at each floor
crossing;
(iv) the Fire Retardant Low Smoke and Low Halogen power cables shall be used in building of more than
fifteen metre height as per relevant standards:
Provided that Halogen Free Flame Retardant power cables as per the relevant standards shall be used
in airports, hospitals and hotels irrespective of height;
(v) distribution of electricity to the floors shall be done using bus bar trunking system;
(vi) lightning protection of the building shall be as per the relevant standards;
(vii) verification of electrical wiring of the building shall be carried out as per the relevant standards; and
(viii) electricity meter shall not be installed in the passage of staircase.
39. Conditions applicable to installations of voltage exceeding 250 Volts. The following conditions shall be
complied with where electricity of voltage above 250 V is supplied, converted, transformed or used, namely:
(i) all conductors, other than those of overhead lines, shall be completely enclosed in mechanically strong
metal casing or metallic covering which is electrically and mechanically continuous and adequately protected
against mechanical damage unless the said conductors are accessible only to a designated person or are installed
and protected so as to prevent danger:
Provided that non-metallic conduits conforming to the relevant standards may be used for installations of
voltage not exceeding 650 V;
(ii) all metal works, enclosing, supporting or associated with the installation, other than that designed to serve
as a conductor shall be connected with an earthing system as per relevant standards and the provisions of
regulation 43;
(iii) every switch board shall comply with the following, namely:
(a) a clear space of not less than one metre in width shall be provided in front of the switchboard;
(b) if there are any attachments or bare connections at the back of the switchboard, the space, if any,
