Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) premises are connected to a distribution entity's supply network; and
(b) there is no negotiated connection contract in force for a customer who owns or occupies the premises.
(2) The customer and the entity are taken to have entered into a standard connection contract for the provision of customer connection services to the premises.
(3) The terms of the contract are the standard connection contract terms under an industry code that apply to the customer, as the terms are in force from time to time.
(4) The customer and the entity are taken to have agreed to comply with the terms and to have entered into the contract as a deed.
(5) The contract is taken to end if--
(a) the customer and the entity enter into a negotiated connection contract for the provision of the services and that contract comes into effect; or
(b) another customer and the entity enter into, or are taken to have entered into, a connection contract for the premises and that contract has come into effect.
(6) Subsection (5) does not limit how or when the contract may end.
(7) The contract does not prevent the customer giving a dispute notice under the QCA Act, section 112.
(8) This section is subject to the retailer of last resort scheme.