Service Lines & Company Apparatus. Service lines will be generally provided in public thoroughfares, to premises within 60 feet of the Company’s low voltage distributing mains. The Consumer will be required to pay the whole cost of the service lines from the nearest distribution cable to and on the private property. The route of all service lines will be determined by the Company, but only one service line will be carried to each Consumer, or to premises divided so as to be capable of being occupied as separate dwellings. In the event of the Company mains or service lines being required to be carried through or over private property, the necessary wayleave will have to be obtained. The Company will use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that as little damage as possible is caused in making the connection, but will not be responsible for any damage to the premises (other than as a result of negligence of the Company’s employees) when making such connection or which occurs subsequently and which may directly or indirectly be due to the presence of the said service lines or cables. All cables, service lines and other apparatus supplied by the Company shall remain the property of the Company and the agents of the Company shall at all reasonable times be entitled to enter upon the premises of the Consumer for the purpose of inspecting, altering, replacing, testing, maintaining, repairing or removing such cables, lines or other apparatus, and all necessary assistance, access and facilities shall be given by the Consumer for such purposes. The Company reserves the right to fix the positions of meters, fuses, or other apparatus of the Company which must be as near as possible to the point where the Company’s service main enters the Consumer’s premises. A main switch - of an approved type must be supplied and fixed by the Consumer’s electrical contractor as near to the Company’s meter and fuses as practicable. The Consumer must leave a sufficient length of cable with a cross section area of the correct size for the connection of the Consumer’s apparatus to the Company’s meters and fuses. The Consumer will be liable and held responsible for the safety and return of the meter apparatus supplied by the Company whether damaged by fire or otherwise and in such an event the Consumer must pay the Company the cost of a replacement or alternatively, at the Company’s option, for the cost of the necessary repairs. No Consumer shall unseal or in any way interfere with the meters, fuses or other apparatus of th...
