Section 7

The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, declare an area to be a service area where district cooling services are to be provided to the area, on any terms and conditions that the Minister thinks fit.

A notification under subsection (1) must state that a plan of the service area may be inspected at any place that is specified in the notification.

Unless exempted, the occupier of every premises within a service area requiring air conditioning must use the district cooling services provided by a licensee if the services are available within the service area.

An owner or occupier of any premises within a service area may apply in writing to the Authority for exemption from subsection (3) and the decision of the Authority is final.

A licensee must not refuse to provide district cooling services to any premises within the licensee’s service area.

Any person who contravenes subsection (3) or (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $250 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.