Electricity Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Matters Relating to Electricity Licensees
24. Entry during discontinuance of supply
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Where -
a distribution licensee is authorised by this Act or its a electricity licence to disconnect or discontinue the supply of electricity to any premises;
a person occupying premises supplied with electricity by a distribution licensee ceases to require such a supply; or
a person entering into occupation of any premises previously supplied with electricity by a distribution licensee does not require such a supply, any person authorised in writing by the distribution licensee may at all reasonable hours, on production of some duly authenticated document showing his authority, enter the premises for the purposes of disconnecting the supply or removing any electrical plant, electric line or electricity meter, as the case may be.
Subject to section 28, the person so authorised by a distribution licensee shall not enter any dwelling-house in actual occupation without 6 hours previous notice to the occupier, unless the occupier has given his consent to the entry.
Terms defined in s 2
electric line
Defined · s 2"electric line" means any line which is used for carrying electricity for any purpose and includes - (a) any support for the line, that is to say, any structure, pole or other thing in, on. by or from which the line is or may be supported, carried or suspended; (b) any apparatus connected to the line for the purposes of carrying electricity; (c) any wire, cable, tube, pipe or other similar thing (including its casing or coating) which surrounds or supports, or is surrounded or supported by, or is installed in close proximity to, or is supported, carried or suspended in association with, the line; and (d) any electricity cable;
electrical plant
Defined · s 2"electrical plant" means any plant, equipment, apparatus or appliance used for. or for purposes connected with. the supply of electricity;
electricity
Defined · s 2"electricity" means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal;
electricity licence
Defined · s 2"electricity licence" means a licence granted or extended by the Authority under section 8;
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