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On the subject of pulling the DNO fuse.

alanblaby
There have been a couple of reports here of the DNO confronting electricians who have pulled their fuse.


It's getting closer to home, a work colleague was doing a CU change on a domestic house last week, no isolator fitted, so he pulled the fuse (no seals present).

South Nottinghamshire.


Around 90 minutes later there was a knock on the door, a guy from Western Power was investigating a power loss at the property, reported by the Smart Meter phoning home.

He gave the sparky a talking to, and warned they are getting strict in pursuing people who do it, he said meter fiddling was rife, so any loss of power is checked out asap.
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    Not quite, 

    the big sick bird - illegal,  means clearly prohibited by the law - a very clear example being  murder.
    unlawful is "not authorized by law" , so you have no guaranteed right or permission to do this activity  enshirined in law.

    An unlawful act may or may not also be illegal. An example is using someone else's land (that is not an official footpath) as an access, you have no legal right, but it is up to the land owner to decide if you have permission to cross it, or if they say trespassers will be prosecuted. Without permission, the action is not on its own criminal, but they may still sue in the civil courts. And if you also do something that is criminal while you are there, like commit theft  or criminal damage, then it does become illegal and a matter for the criminal justice system.

    Opening someone else's fusebox is probably unlawful, but not illegal without other actions. Damage to the seals might be seen as criminal.


    In general if something is illegal, there is always a law to point to that makes it so .

    If it is unlawful there may not be anything in the statutes.
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    Not quite, 

    the big sick bird - illegal,  means clearly prohibited by the law - a very clear example being  murder.
    unlawful is "not authorized by law" , so you have no guaranteed right or permission to do this activity  enshirined in law.

    An unlawful act may or may not also be illegal. An example is using someone else's land (that is not an official footpath) as an access, you have no legal right, but it is up to the land owner to decide if you have permission to cross it, or if they say trespassers will be prosecuted. Without permission, the action is not on its own criminal, but they may still sue in the civil courts. And if you also do something that is criminal while you are there, like commit theft  or criminal damage, then it does become illegal and a matter for the criminal justice system.

    Opening someone else's fusebox is probably unlawful, but not illegal without other actions. Damage to the seals might be seen as criminal.


    In general if something is illegal, there is always a law to point to that makes it so .

    If it is unlawful there may not be anything in the statutes.
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