18. Failure of supply :

a) i) The Board shall take all reasonable precautions to ensure continuity of supply of power to the consumer but shall not be responsible for any loss to him or damage to his plant and equipment due to interruption in supply of power due to damage to the Board's plant and equipment for reasons including but not limited to war, mutiny, riot, earthquake, cyclone tempest, strike, civil commotion, lock out, lightning, fire, flood, accident or break down of plant and machinary or causes beyond control of the Board. The Board shall give notice as early as possible of the probable duration of such interruprions in supply of power to consumer.

ii) The Board reserves the right to curtail, stagger, or cut off the supply of electricity altogether if the power position or any other emergency warrant such a course of action.

iii) The Board shall always be entitled for reasons of testing or outages or maintenance or any other cuase for efficient working of the undertaking to temporarily discontinue the supply for such periods as may be necessary subject always to adequate advance notice being given in this behalf, with the object of causing minimum inconvenience to the consumer.

b) Should at any time the Board's main service fuse or fuses fails, notice thereof should be sent to the next service station of the Board. Only authorised employees wearing the badge of the Board are permitted to replace these fuses in the Board's cut-outs. Consumers are not allowed to replace these fuses and they will render themselves liable to a heavy penalty if the Board's apparatus are broken, if the failure of supply is due to any cause other than the Board's appratus the consumers will be charged for the attendance of the fuse-men in accordance with the Schedule of Service and Miscellaneous Charges for the time being in force.

19.

Access to premises and apparatus:

The authorised employees of the Board are enititled by statute at all reasonable times, to enter upon the premises of the consumer to which energy is supplied for the purpose of inspecting and reading meters and other purposes connected with aparatus belonging to the Board on the consumer's premises or for doing all things necessary incidental to proper continuance and maintenance of supply to the consumer.