Act No. 64 / 1962 Coll.
Law extending the scope of the State Energy Inspection
Valid
Effective from 14.07.1962
64
THE LAW
of 5 July 1962
extending the scope of the State Energy Inspection
The National Assembly of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic decided on this law:
Mission of State Energy Inspection
The rapid development of the socialist national economy and the creation of material conditions for the transition to communist society require that primary energy sources in our state are increasingly used and that the level of economy of all types of fuel and energy is continuously increased. To implement these principles, the State Energy Inspection shall assist in monitoring the economical use of all types of fuels and energy and providing expert advice.
State Energy Inspection Authorities
(1) The State Energy Inspection is established at the Ministry of Fuel and Energy; The Chief Inspector appointed and dismissed by the Minister for Fuel and Energy is at its head.
(2) The Chief Inspector is subordinate to the county inspectors; appoint and recall them by the Chief Inspector.
(3) In order to carry out their activities, the chief inspector and the county inspectors shall have the necessary number of inspectors appointed and withdrawn by the chief inspector.
Tasks of the State Energy Inspection
(1) The authorities of the State Energy Inspection shall verify for consumers of solid and liquid fuels, heat, gas and electricity (hereinafter referred to as "all types of fuels and energy"), with the exception of households, how measures are put in place and comply with the cost-effective use of all types of fuels and energy; examine in particular:
(a) the state and operation of production, distribution and consumption facilities in terms of the economical use of all types of fuels and energy;
(b) the production, compliance and strengthening of consumption standards of all types of fuels and energy;
(c) compliance with the plan of consumption of all types of fuels and energy and compliance with the regulations and measures relating to the supply of all types of fuels and energy, in particular compliance with the allocation of liquid fuels and electricity, the consumption diagrams of electricity and gas and other regulatory measures on the energy sector;
(d) the use of reserves in fuel and energy consumption, in particular the possibility of reducing energy losses, the suitability of the types of energy used for production or consumption facilities or for technological processes and the possibility of effectively confusing them;
(e) compliance with measures to improve the efficiency of electricity networks;
(f) waste heat recovery;
(g) the use of advanced methods in the burning of solid fuels and the possibility of economically confusing valuable fuels for less fuel;
(h) the state of storage of the solid fuel and its landfill with regard to the protection against degradation and, where appropriate, self-ignition.
(2) The authorities of the State Energy Inspection also examine the cost-effectiveness of energy production in electricity, heat and gas plants and the supply of energy from these plants to the public energy distribution plant and, where appropriate, to the production plant for the purpose of production, in accordance with the economic plan and supply diagrams.
Working methods
(1) The basic method of work of the State Energy Inspection is organizational training activities. In particular, the authorities of the State Energy Inspection in the exercise of their control activities shall assist the management of the organisations and their personnel and shall contribute to increasing their professional qualifications. In serious cases, they shall provide or organise technical assistance to address identified deficiencies.
(2) The State Energy Inspection shall carry out comprehensive fuel and energy management analyses on the basis of the results of the surveys and shall assist in the continuous generalisation of the knowledge acquired to continuously increase the level of all types of fuel and energy management. In particular, it contributes to the expansion of progress methods in the management of all types of fuels and energy, leads to early prevention of deficiencies in this section, discusses ideas to improve the current situation in fuel and energy management with consumers and their superior bodies, ensures the professional level of socialist competition in the economic use of fuels and energy and co-operates in its development.
Cooperation with workers
(1) The State Energy Inspection Authorities shall carry out their tasks in close cooperation with the workers and their voluntary social organisations, in particular the Revolutionary Trade Union Movement, and with the support of national committees.
(2) In carrying out their activities, the authorities of the State Energy Inspection shall base themselves on the initiative of the workers, make use of the knowledge of their comments and complaints, involve them in the control of the removal of the identified deficiencies, and shall also create other conditions for an effective combination of bottom control and top control; in particular, inform the workers, their social organisations and, where appropriate, other authorities with the results of the inspection activity and discuss measures to remedy the deficiencies identified permanently.
(3) In cooperation with the voluntary social organisations, the authorities of the State Energy Inspection at the plant give the impetus to the creation of voluntary co-workers' assets who are actively looking after the reduction of fuel and energy losses and their most economical use.
Cooperation with other institutions and organisations
(1) The State Energy Inspection Authorities carry out their tasks in cooperation with central authorities, national committees and socialist organisations.
(2) State bodies, socialist organisations and individual citizens are obliged to assist the State Energy Inspection Authorities in their activities; in particular, they shall be required to provide them with the supporting documents, explanations and information required for the control activity.
(3) Controlled organisations are required to actively cooperate with the State Energy Inspection Authorities in the verification of their facilities and to provide those authorities with the assistance needed to carry out their tasks on request.
(4) The authorities and organisations are obliged at any time to allow the authorities of the State Energy Inspection to have access to fuel landfills and energy meters, where appropriate to other measuring and control equipment, as well as to production technological equipment.
Approval of the authorities of the State Energy Inspection
(1) The State Energy Inspection Authorities, after consulting the audited organisation, impose the necessary measures to address the deficiencies identified and set deadlines for their implementation; the management organisations shall be required to report within a specified period of time on the removal of defects and on measures to prevent their recurrence for the future.
(2
Penalties for organisations
(1) The authorities of the State Energy Inspection may impose fines on organisations which are not recomplying with measures to ensure the efficient use of fuels and energy, in particular:
(a) for waste of fuel or energy or for the continuous unjustifiable excess of consumption standards of solid and liquid fuels, heat, gas and electricity;
(b) failure to comply with declared regulatory measures on the energy sector;
(c) for an unjustified failure to comply with operational orders issued by the authorities of the electricity or gas dispatcher;
(d) for fuel degradation by defective or non-professional storage.
(2) The fine shall be imposed at such a level as to act effectively to address the deficiencies; The basic fine shall be calculated in the amount of between 10 000, - 100 000, - Cčs in a case by case. If a controlled organisation has not implemented measures to remedy deficiencies even after the imposition of a fine within the time limits set, it may be imposed a further fine equal to twice the basic fine. The imposition of fines may be repeated at any time.
Penalties for workers of organisations
Authorities State energy inspections may, in the cases referred to in § 8 (1), impose a fine of up to 10 000, - Kčs on the head (Director) or other responsible staff of the organisation; the amount of the fine may not exceed three times its average monthly earnings for an individual employee.
Method of imposing fines
(1) The regional inspector shall decide on the imposition of the fine.
(2) The main inspector shall decide on appeals against decisions of regional inspectors.
Enforcement of fines
(1) The fine imposed by the controlled organisation shall be withdrawn from the financial institution's account by means of a recovery order evidenced by a final decision imposing a fine indicating when the decision became final.
(2) The fine imposed on a staff member of a controlled organisation shall be enforced by that organisation on the basis of a final decision on the imposition of a fine by a salary reduction. This deduction may be made together with any deductions for other reasons, to the maximum extent that the wage is commensurate with the execution rules. The fine may also be enforced by judicial execution on the basis of a enforceable decision imposing it.
(3) The fines shall be paid through the State Energy Inspection to the State Budget.
Confidentiality obligation
Authorities State energy inspections shall be required to maintain the national, economic and professional secrets which they learn in the performance of their duties. This obligation to remain silent shall continue after termination of employment.
Investigation of special mission objects
In the premises of the armed forces and armed corps of the Ministry of Interior, the authorities shall: State Energy Inspection Control according to special regulations issued by the Ministry of Fuel and Energy in agreement with the Ministry of National Defence and Interior.
Act No 67 / 1960 Coll., on the production, distribution and use of heating gases (Gas Act) is amended as follows:
1.
(1) The gas organisation shall check that the gas installations and the gas collection installations, their operation, maintenance and operation comply with the safety requirements laid down by technical standards and other legislation, as well as with the principles corresponding to recognised technical rules. The gas organisation shall also verify whether the projects and, where appropriate, the design solutions of these facilities comply with the cost-effectiveness of their operation.
(2) Operators of natural gas and gas demand facilities shall be obliged to allow the control authorities to access those facilities, provide the control authorities with the necessary explanations and provide them with the relevant records and documents and, if applicable, with documentation on the wholesale user.
(3) The gas organisation shall carry out its tasks in cooperation with the labour inspection authorities and with the sanitary and anti-epidemic services. '
2.
(1) If the inspection authorities of the gas organisation find that safety is compromised in the production or use of the gases, they shall require the gas operator or the sampling gas installation to remedy the defects identified.
(2) Where the operation of a sampling gas installation or a gas installation poses a direct threat to human life or health, or where national property or other economic value is significantly threatened, the control authorities shall, if other means cannot be remedied, suspend the supply of gas to the sampling gas installation or, where appropriate, cease the operation of the gas plant until the defects have been remedied. ';
(1) The following shall be deleted:
1. Government Decree No. 47 / 1952 Coll., on State Energy Inspection;
2. Decree No 330 / 1952 of the Minister for Fuel and Energy of the Ú. l., on the carrying out of checks on state energy inspection and on fines.
(2) The scope of the Institute of Technical Supervision under Government Regulation No. 53 / 1952 Coll., on ensuring the safety and economy of the operation of certain technical installations as regards the efficiency of the operation of these installations in terms of thermal technology, goes to the State Energy Inspection to the extent of § 3 of this Act.
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication.
Novotný v. r.
Fierlinger v. r.
v. Dolansky v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 64 / 1962 Coll., extending the scope of the State Energy Inspection |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 14.07.1962 |
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| Effective from | 14.07.1962 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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