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Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Board" means the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board constituted under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the repealed Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (Act No. 54 of 1948); (b) "consumer" means any person or establishment who uses or consumes energy and includes categories of consumers specified under section 3 of this Act ; (c) “consumption” in relation to electricity means electrical consumption per Kilowatt/KVA recorded as KWh or KVAh. by a licensee or consumer; (d) “energy” means electric energy; (e) “Inspecting Officer” means a person appointed as such by the State Government under sub-section (1) of section 6; (f) “meter” means a set of integrating instruments used to measure the amount of electrical energy supplied or the quantity of electrical energy contained in the supply, in a given time, which include whole current meter and metering equipment such as current transformer, capacitor voltage transformer or potential or voltage transformer with necessary wiring and accessories; (g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;