Singapore legislation

Section 48

Duty to supply on request

(1)

Subject to this Part and the regulations, a public electricity supplier shall, upon being requested to do so by any person who desires electricity to be supplied to any premises —

(a)

procure a supply of electricity to the electrical installation serving those premises or, in the case of premises which are not served by an electrical installation, directly to those premises; and

(b)

so far as may be necessary for that purpose, procure the provision of building, land, mains or electrical plant or all of them.

(2)

In this Part, any reference to —

(a)

procuring a supply of electricity includes a reference to continuing to procure such a supply;

(b)

requiring a supply of electricity includes a reference to requiring such a supply to continue to be given; and

(c)

the provision of a main or an item of electrical plant is a reference to the provision of such a main or an item either by the installation of a new one or by the modification of an existing one.

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