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of Trade in the case of a provisional order on or before the 15th January next ensuing, and in the case of a license within two months from the date of the newspaper containing the first advertisement of the application, and that a copy of such objections is to be forwarded to the parliamentary agents or solicitors for the license or order.
The draft must contain amongst other things—
- The address and description of the applicants.
- A description of the proposed area of supply.
- A statement of the purposes for which a supply is to be given, viz ., any or all of the public or private purposes specified in section three of the Electric Lighting Act, 1882.
- Provisions concerning the breaking up of streets , railways, and tramways, where powers are sought to be obtained by the license or order for those purposes.
- [1] Conditions of supply.
- [1] Provisions for securing the safety of the consumer and of the public from injury by shock, fire, or otherwise.
- [1] Provisions for enforcing the performance by the undertakers of their duties in relation to the supply of electricity and for the revocation of the license or order where the undertakers fail to perform such duties.
The applicants must also deposit a sufficient number of printed copies of the draft license or order at offices in London and within the proposed area of supply to be specified in the advertisement hereinafter mentioned , see Rule XIII., such copies to be there furnished to all persons applying for them, at a price of not more than one shilling each.
Rule X.—The applicants must also deposit at the Board of Trade a published map of the district on a scale of not less than six inches to a mile, or if there is no published map, then the best map procurable, showing the boundaries of the proposed area of supply, and the streets in which it is proposed that electric lines should be laid down within a specified time
They must also deposit a copy of the said map for public inspection—
In England or Ireland , in the office of the clerk of the peace for every county, riding, or division, and of the local authority of every district.
In Scotland, in the office of the principal sheriff clerk, for every county, district, or division , and of the local authority of every district
in which the proposed area of supply or any part thereof is situate.