Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The connection obligation does not apply in relation to a customer's premises and a distribution entity is not in breach of a connection contract if the obligation or contract can not be performed because--
(a) connection, reconnection or supply to the premises is, or needs to be, interrupted--
(i) in an emergency; or
(ii) for work that needs to be performed without delay to prevent an emergency happening; or
(iii) by circumstances beyond the distribution entity's control; or
(iv) for work--if it is reasonable to do the work when it is done, reasonable notice is given to the customer and supply is restored as soon as practicable; or
(b) connection, reconnection or supply to the premises would breach technical requirements under this or another Act; or
(c) the connection, reconnection or supply to the premises would unreasonably interfere with the connection, reconnection or supply of electricity by the distribution entity to the premises of other customers; or
(d) the distribution entity has, at the request of the customer's retail entity, disconnected or not reconnected supply to the premises; or
(e) the distribution entity is, under its connection contract, entitled to disconnect supply to the customer; or
(f) after an electricity officer has acted under section 141 to disconnect supply to something that was unsafe, the thing is still unsafe; or
(g) connection, reconnection or supply to the premises is likely to cause fire or electric shock to anyone; or
(h) this Act otherwise authorises refusal to connect, reconnect or supply; or
(i) a regulation provides that the obligation to connect, reconnect or supply does not apply.
(2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply if the customer pays an amount to the entity for works necessary to prevent the connection, reconnection or supply from unreasonably interfering with the connection, reconnection or supply of electricity by the entity to other customers.
(3) The entity must give the customer an opportunity to pay the amount.