Electricity Restriction Regulations (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

Regulations 1949. No. 7."

Regulations under the Buildings and Services

Ordinance 1924-1942.

T H E R B E R T V I C T O R J O H N S O N , Minister of State for the

JL, Interior, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Buildings

and Services Ordinance 1924-1942, hereby make the following

fc Regulations.

Dated this seventh day of July, 1949.

V I C T O R J O H N S O N

Minister of State for the Interior.

E L E C T R I C I T Y R E S T R I C T I O N R E G U L A T I O N S .

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity Restriction c l t a t i on

Regulations.

2. The Electricity Restriction Regulations (being Regulations No. l lepcal.

6 of 1949) are repealed.

3. I n these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Definitions,

"e lec t r i c i ty" means electricity supplied in pursuance of the
Canberra and Jervis Bay Electric Supply Regulations;
" licensed premises" has the same meaning as in the Liquor

Ordinance 1929-1948.

4.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, a person shall not use or Restrictions

consume any electricity— °? 'h.e.U9e of

* v electricity.

(a ) for the purpose of, or a purpose connected with, any adver-

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tisement or sign, other than a directional sign;

(b) for the purpose of any shop front lighting, shop entrance lighting, shop window lighting, display window lighting, showcase lighting, under awning lighting, lighting of any tennis court, bowling green, swimming bath, racecourse, sports ground, showground, fair, fete or carnival, or of any interior display or decorative lighting, or of the external or open air lighting of a theatre, public hall, place of public amusement or entertainment, or the flood lighting of any building;

(c) for the purpose of space heating, radiating heat or heating air by means of a radiator or air-conditioning plant or other appliance, except in a building in which, and to the extent to which, sueh heating is necessary for the purpose of a manufacturing process;

• Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 7th July, 1949.

(d) for the purpose of cooking or re-heating meals, except—

(i) between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. and between the hours of 4.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. on Monday to Friday, both days inclusive;

(ii) between the hours of 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. and between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturdays; and

(i i i) between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and between

the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sundays;

(e) for the purpose of making or heating tea, coffee, cocoa, milk

or other beverages, except—

(i) between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.;
( i i) between the hours of 11.30 a.m. and 1.30 p.m.; and'
(i i i) between the hours of 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.;

( / ) for the purpose of lighting the interior of any office premises, restaurant, licensed premises, theatre, public hall, place of public amusement or entertainment, hotel, club, boarding house or house let as lodgings, except at a rate not exceeding fifty per centum of the rate at which electricity was consumed on the twenty-second day of June, 1949, by the lighting fittings installed in the premises;

(g) for the purpose of lighting the interior of any warehouse

or shop, except at a rate not exceeding—

(i) fifty per centum of the rate at which electricity was consumed' on the twenty-second day of June, 1949, by the lighting fittings installed in the warehouse or shop; or

(ii) 75 watts per hundred square feet of floor space of any shop or display room or 20 watts per hundred square feet of floor space in any warehouse or internal passage or storage space in a shop or warehouse,

whichever is the less; or

(/<•) for the purpose of the operation of a domestic refrigerator,

except between the hours of 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

(2.) Any shop or room having a floor space of less than one hundred

square feet shall, for the purposes of this regulation, be deemed' to have

n floor space of one hundred square feet.

(3.) This regulation shall not apply to the use or consumption of

electricity—

(<i) in a factory, to the extent necessary for carrying on the

operations of the factory;

(b) for the purpose of holding any church service;

(<•) for the purpose of lighting the interior of any butcher's

shop where such lighting is necessary for the safety of any

person engaged in the cutting up of meat ;

(<7) for incubation apparatus, brooding or poultry farming,

dairy farming or market gardening purposes;

(c) for the conduct of any hospital, rest room, day nursery, clinic or baby health centre, or of any institution for the car", relief or treatment of sick persons;

(/) by a legally qualified1 medical practitioner or registered dentist for purposes necessary to the conduct of his profession;

(g) by a registered pharmacist for purposes necessary to the dispensing of medicine upon the prescription of a legally qualified medical practitioner;

(h) for the purpose of the care, relief or treatment of a sick or

infirm person or a person under the age of four years;

(i) for any educational or scientific purpose in a school or

college;

(j) for the minimum lighting required in a building for the

safety of persons using the building; or

(fc) for the purpose of preparing meals for a person engaged

on shift work.

may authorize in writing a person to enter at any time and inspect premises!10 5.— (1.) The Minister or the Secretary, Department of the Interior, Entry and

any premises which are supplied with electricity for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of these Regulations are being complied with.

(2.) A person shall not refuse admission to any premises to any person authorized under the last preceding sub-regulation to enter and inspect premises, or obstruct any such iperson in the exercise of his authority.

6. A person shall not contravene or fail to comply with any provision offences,

of these Regulations which is applicable to him.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.