Hong Kong Regulations

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2B

Application of regulation 2A(1)

(1) Regulation 2A(1) applies to-

   (a)  an electrical installation that is, on or after 3 December 1992,
        supplied with electricity for the first time; and

   (b)  all other electrical installations in accordance with orders of the
        Director who shall have regard to the voltage upgrading programme
        recommended by the Supply Voltage Advisory Committee (appointed by the
        Financial Secretary, G.N. 535 in Gazette No. 7/1991 of 13 February
        1991).

(2) Despite regulation 2A, where an electrical installation has been designed
for 200V single phase supply or 346V 3 phase supply and has been wholly or
substantially completed before 3 December 1992, the Director may authorize the
company to supply electricity to the installation at the designed voltage
where he considers that it is not practicable to convert the installation to
receive the higher voltage.

(3) Despite paragraph (1)(a), where an electrical installation has been
designed for 200V single phase supply or 346V 3 phase supply and has been
wholly or substantially completed before 3 December 1992, the Director may
authorize the company to supply electricity to the installation at the
designed voltage until a date specified by the Director when regulation 2A(1)
shall apply.

(4) Despite paragraph (1)(a), where an electrical installation is to be
connected to a part of the company's low voltage supply network that has not
been converted to the voltage referred to in regulation 2A(1), the Director
may authorize the company to supply electricity to the installation at the
unconverted voltage until a date specified by the Director when regulation
2A(1) shall apply. (L.N. 344 of 1992)