ELECTRICITY ACT 1945 - SECT 40

ELECTRICITY ACT 1945 - SECT 40

40 .         Control of meters and fittings

        (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: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 63 of 1996 s. 4.]