Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY ACT 1945 - SECT 25

25 .         Duties as to supply of electricity

        (1)         A network operator shall —

            (a)         at all times maintain all service apparatus belonging to the network operator which is on the premises of any consumer, in a safe and fit condition for supplying electricity;

            (b)         in the actual supply of electricity to the premises of a consumer take all reasonable precautions in order to avoid the risk of fire or of other damage on the said premises to the position on the said premises where the electricity passes beyond the service apparatus of the network operator;

            (c)         from the time when the network operator begins to supply electricity through a distributing main as continuous current, maintain such supply constantly without a change of polarity; and

            (d)         declare the system pressure and/or frequency at which the network operator proposes to supply electricity to the premises of a consumer at the position thereon where the electricity will pass beyond the service apparatus of the network operator, and maintain constantly the said pressure within the limit of ±6% and the said frequency within the limit of ±2½%.

        (2)         If any network operator fails to comply faithfully with any of the obligations imposed upon it by subsection (1), any person aggrieved by the default of the network operator may make a complaint thereof to the Minister, and the Minister may refer such complaint to the Director for inquiry and determination.

        [Section 25 amended by No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 89 of 1994 s. 80; No. 63 of 1996 s. 19; No. 33 of 2004 s. 14.]

[Part III:         s. 26-29 deleted by No. 89 of 1994 s. 72;
        s. 30 deleted by No. 5 of 2007 s. 4;
        s. 31 deleted by No. 89 of 1994 s. 74.]

        [Heading amended by No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]