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

35. Entry during discontinuance of supply

(1)

Where —

(a)

a transmission licensee or market support services licensee is authorised by this Act or its electricity licence to disconnect or discontinue the supply of electricity to any premises;

(b)

a person occupying premises supplied with electricity by a retail electricity licensee or market support services licensee ceases to require such a supply; or

(c)

a person entering into occupation of any premises previously supplied with electricity by a retail electricity licensee or market support services licensee does not require such a supply,any person authorised in writing by the transmission licensee or market support services licensee may at all reasonable hours, on production of some duly authenticated document showing the person’s authority, enter the premises for the purposes of disconnecting the supply or removing any electrical plant, electric line or electricity meter, as the case may be.

(2)

Subject to section 39, the person so authorised by a transmission licensee or market support services licensee must not enter any dwelling house in actual occupation without 6 hours’ previous notice to the occupier, unless the occupier has given the occupier’s consent to the entry.

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
Defined · s 2
“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
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“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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electricity licence
Defined · s 2
“electricity licence” means a licence granted or extended by the Authority under section 9;
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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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occupier
Defined · s 2
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises and includes the person having the charge, management or control of the premises either on the person’s own account or as an agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;
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premises
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“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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retail electricity licensee
Defined · s 2
“retail electricity licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to retail electricity to a contestable consumer;
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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
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“transmission licensee” means a person authorised by an electricity licence to transmit electricity;
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