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Appoint-
ment of
Licensing
Authority.

Powers and
duties of
Licensing
Authority.

Licences.

Ord. 1—
1949, s. 2.

Ch. 30. No. 15.] Electric Installations (Buildings).

wireman by reason only of the fact that he manipulates a
switch, or connects or disconnects a plug, or replaces or
installs a lamp in a socket, or replaces a fuse so long as
such replacement is in conformity with the relevant
provisions of any rules in force by virtue of section 11.

3. The Governor may, by notification published in the
Royal Gazette, appoint one or more persons to be Licensing
Authorities for the purposes of this Ordinance and the
Director of Works and Hydraulics shall be deemed to
have been so appointed.

4. Any of the powers and duties conferred or imposed
on ‘‘ the Licensing Authority ” by this Ordinance may be
exercised by any person appointed (so long as the appoint-
ment subsists) or deemed to have been appointed under the
preceding section.

5. (1) It shall be lawful for the Licensing Authority to
grant a licence to act as a wireman to any person who—

(a) makes application therefor in the prescribed
manner to the Licensing Authority; and

(6) satisfies the Licensing Authority that he is
qualified as hereafter provided to receive such licence;
and

(c) is not less than 18 years of age; and
(d) pays the prescribed fee.

(2) Every such licence to act as wireman shall be
in the prescribed form and shall have attached thereto
one of two recent photographs of the holder thereof which
shall be supplied to the Licensing Authority by the
applicant for a licence when making his application; and
every such licence shall be valid for a period of five years
from the date on which it is granted unless sooner cancelled
as hereinafter provided.

(3) If, within fifteen days after the expiry of any such
licence, the holder thereof makes application in the pre-
scribed manner for a new licence, he shall be deemed to