New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2001 - REG 40

40 Requirements for customer contracts

(1) This clause is made under, and for the purposes of, sections 20 (1) (a), (b), (c) and (g), 38A (4) and (5), 40 (1) (a), (b), (c), (g) and (h) and 191 (1) (c) and (c2) of the Act.

(2) The following contracts must comply with the requirements of Schedule 1:

(a) standard form customer contracts,

(b) negotiated customer contracts between a licence holder and a small retail customer.

(3) In addition to the matters referred to in subclause (2), customer supply contracts between a supplier and a small retail customer must comply with the applicable requirements of Schedule 2.

(4) In addition to the matters referred to in subclause (2), the following contracts must comply with the applicable requirements of Schedule 3:

(a) standard form customer connection contracts,

(b) negotiated customer connection contracts between a service provider and a small retail customer.

(5) Variations of a minor nature may be made to the requirements set out in Schedule 1, 2 or 3 where necessary to enable the provisions to be more readily understood within the context of the contract, without affecting the substance of the provisions.