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Electricity Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Matters Relating to Electricity Licensees

34. Entry during continuance of supply

A person authorised by a transmission licensee or market support services licensee to enter upon any premises may, at all reasonable times, on the production of some duly authenticated document showing the person’s authority, enter any premises to which a supply of electricity is being given for any of the following purposes:

(a)

inspecting any electric line or electrical plant belonging to the licensee;

(b)

ascertaining the register of any electricity meter;

(c)

removing, inspecting or re-installing any such meter or installing any substitute meter;

(d)

carrying out all other works necessary to maintain the supply of electricity.

Terms defined in s 2

Authority
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“Authority” means the Energy Market Authority of Singapore established under the Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act 2001;
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document
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“document” includes electronic records;
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electric line
Defined · s 2
“electric line” means any line which is used for carrying electricity for any purpose and includes —(a)any support for the line, that is to say, any structure, pole or other thing in, on, by or from which the line is or may be supported, carried or suspended;(b)any apparatus connected to the line for the purposes of carrying electricity;(c)any wire, cable, tube, pipe or other similar thing (including its casing or coating) which surrounds or supports, or is surrounded or supported by, or is installed in close proximity to, or is supported, carried or suspended in association with, the line; and(d)any electricity cable;
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electrical plant
Defined · s 2
“electrical plant” means any plant, equipment, apparatus or appliance used for, or for purposes connected with, the supply of electricity;
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electricity
Defined · s 2
“electricity” means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal;
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market support services licensee
Defined · s 2
“market support services licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to provide market support services;
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meter
Defined · s 2
“meter” means any device for measuring the flow of electricity;
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premises
Defined · s 2
“premises” includes buildings, structures, streets, lands, waters, tenements, easements of any tenure, whether State land or not, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;
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supply
Defined · s 2
“supply” means the supply of electricity through electric lines, and includes —(a)the supply of electricity generated outside Singapore to any person or premises in Singapore; and(b)the supply of electricity generated in Singapore to any person or premises outside Singapore;
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transmission licensee
Defined · s 2
“transmission licensee” means a person authorised by an electricity licence to transmit electricity;
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