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This Act may be cited as the Lembaga Letrik Sabah Shocome Act 1983, and shall come into operation on șuch date mencement as the Minister may, by notification in the 11.8# appoint. (PU(B) 647/8 .2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— thoerpreta- "area of supply" means that area within which the Br ardsusp oy a rirensee is authorized, to generate and / "Board" means the Lembaga Letrik Sabah constituted under section 3; "Chairman" means Chairman of the Board; "consumer" means a person who is supplied wit energy or whose premises are for the time being connected for the purpose of a supply of energy with any installation; [Pt. I, S. 2] .'d treo moahs dann, oo heatr or ry han an ie o Aci 139. "Deputy Chairman" means Deputy Chairman of the Board; "distributing main" means the portion of any mạin which is used for the purpose of giving origin to servic lines for the purposes of general supply "electrical supply line" means any wire, conductor ligothg or nating prposes yin inectaies any posverehentric sulato lic or a tybing co nosced pherene any "energy" means either natural gas or synthetic gas, lqueñed petroleum gases, electricity, or other energy forms including solar, geothermal, biomass and winc and water power when produced, generated, transmitted, supplied or used for 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 "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 wiring materials, accessories and appliances; "functions" includes powers and duties; "gas" means a combustible gaseous fuel including natural gas and gaseous fuels derived from any raw materials; "General Manager" means the General Manager appointed under section 21 and includes any persoi for the time being so appointed to perform the duties of the General Manager; not include the supply of energy to any one or more particular consumers under special agreement; nan life or d includes t resulting bution or nan of the any main to service conductor r powe y instru rting any erewith: thetic gas, ler energy and wind, generated, except the ovided for uinery Act urposes as bution or nes, transprotective opliances; including 1 any raw Manager ny person the duties of energy thority for but shall e or more ; [Pt. I. S. 2] 9. "generating station" means any station for generating electrical energy, including any buildings and plant used tor the purpose and the site thereot, and includes a site intended to be used for a generating station, but does not include any station for transforming, coverting, or distributing electrical energy; "installation" means the whole of any plant or equipment under one ownership or 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 lines, supply lines and con suming equipment, if any "licence" means a licence issued under any written or work an delectripal instalathn aed sincitdes aray fiornce isued under any other law entorced before the promulgatior of this Act: "licensee" means a person permitted by licence to work or operate an electrical installation and includes an authorised agent; "liquefied petroleum gases" means a mixture ot hydrocarbons, principally propane and butane, which is produced, stored, distributed or sold in liquid form in pressurised containers for any use; "main" means any electrical line which may be laid underground or erected overhead by the Board or licensee and through which energy may be supplied by the Board or licensee for the purposes of general supply; "member" means a member of the Board including the Chairman and Deputy Chairman; "meter" means and includes any and every kind of machine, device or instrument used for the measurement of the supply of energy; "Minister" means the Minister for the time being charged with responsibility for matters relating to energy; "natural gas" means a gaseous product comprised principally of methane which is produced from natzrally occurring underground reservoirs and which is used for its fuel value or as a feedstock; [Pt. I, S.2] "pipeline" means a mechanical conduit used for the conveyance of fluids and shall include related facilities such as metering and pressure control equipment; "power" means electrical power or the rate per unit of time at which energy is supplied; "premises" means and includes any building, room tenement, hut, or shed or other erection and all the land occupied or used or authorised for occupation or use in connection therewith, being under one ownership, lessee-ship, management or occupation; "prime mover" means a machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator; depaulbmie outhbrati or ans the Covent or nhe Board, "public lamp" means an electric lamp used for the lighting of any street or other public place; "State" means the State of Sabah; "street" includes any thoroughfare over which the public have a right of way; "sub-station" means the works or station where energy is received for transformation or conversion and includes all buildings and plant used for the purpose and the site thereot; "supply line" means a conductor or other means of conveying, transmitting 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; "transformation" means the transformation of voltage from a lower to a higher voltage or vice versa; "voltage" means extra high voltage, high voltage, low voltage and extra low voltage as prescribed; for the acilities nt; per unit ; room, the land ir use in nership, mecha- 1 where sion and purpose neans of together ısulato le same ent conforming, tion of e versa; lage, low Is, rIverachinery. juired to its of the [Pt. II, S. 3-4]