New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

GAS SUPPLY (NATURAL GAS RETAIL COMPETITION) REGULATION 2001 - REG 14

14 Limitation on right to have premises supplied with gas by standard supplier

(1) For the purposes of section 33C (4) of the Act, a standard supplier is authorised to refuse to supply premises with gas, or to discontinue the supply of gas, if the person who owns or occupies the premises:

(a) has failed to provide the security required by the standard supplier for the payment of any charge with respect to the supply of gas by the supplier, or

(b) has failed to pay an amount due to the standard supplier with respect to the supply of gas, or

(c) has refused or failed to give an inspector access to any premises supplied with gas by the standard supplier in accordance with any right to access provided for in the Act, any other regulation made under the Act or in the customer supply contract, or

(d) has obstructed an inspector in relation to any act, matter or thing done or to be done in carrying out any function under the Act, any other regulation made under the Act or the relevant customer supply contract, or

(e) is a small retail customer taking supply under a standard form customer supply contract who is reclassified as not being a small retail customer, or

(f) is a small retail customer taking supply under a negotiated customer supply contract with the standard supplier and the period of supply of gas under that contract ends, or

(g) is not a party to a customer supply contract, new occupant supply arrangement or a last resort supply arrangement.

(2) A standard supplier must not refuse or discontinue the supply of gas to premises on a ground referred to in subclause (1) (a)-(d) unless the supplier has:

(a) in the case of premises owned or occupied by a small retail customer, complied with the requirements of the customer supply contract and this Regulation, or

(b) in any other case, given the customer reasonable notice of its intention to discontinue supply to the premises to allow the customer a reasonable opportunity to remedy that ground.

(3) A standard supplier must not refuse or discontinue the supply of gas to premises on a ground referred to in subclause (1) (e), (f) or (g) unless the supplier has given the customer notice under clause 11 and a reasonable time to enter into a customer supply contract.

(4) Nothing in this clause affects the right to interrupt continuous supply as agreed in a customer supply contract.

(5) Nothing in this clause affects any right or obligation to refuse to supply gas, or to discontinue the supply of gas, to premises arising from the operation of the Act, this Regulation or any other regulations made under the Act.