Section 223 - Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019 - Protection of underground consumer's mains | Zoe

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223 Protection of underground consumer's mains

(1) An electrical installation that is supplied from an underground electric line must have—

(a) protective equipment provided at the point of supply; or

(b) the consumer's mains cables sheathed from the point of supply to the first protective device located within the installation.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1)(b), an electricity supplier's protective device at the installation's metering point may be regarded as the first protective device.