Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (3) every meter used for ascertaining the quantity of
electricity supplied by a supply authority to a consumer shall during the
continuance of such supply and until all rent or other charges payable in
respect thereof have been paid, be under the sole control of the supply
authority, whether such meter belongs to the supply authority or not.
(2) A person shall not
cut, connect, tap, fix, alter or remove any service apparatus, other apparatus
or electric fittings which belong to a supply authority and are used in
connection with the supply of electricity by that supply authority unless
authorised so to do in writing by the supply authority.
Penalty: $500.
(3) Nothing in this
section shall affect the lawful exercise by any person or by any public
authority of any power vested in such person or in such public authority by or
under the provisions of this Act or of any other Act or the regulations made
under this Act or under any other Act.
[Section 40 amended by No. 113 of 1965
s. 8; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 63 of 1996 s. 4.]