Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY ACT 1994 - SECT 40

(1) A customer who owns or occupies premises may make an application (a connection services application) to a distribution entity for the provision of customer connection services to the premises if--

(a) the premises are within the entity's distribution area; and

(b) if the customer is not an excluded customer--the premises are NMI premises.

(2) The application may be made by a retail entity for the customer.

(3) A connection services application must be made in the way, and give the information, reasonably required, by the distribution entity.

(4) For subsection (3), a requirement that the application can only be made for the customer by a retail entity is taken to be reasonable.