Electricity Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Electrical and Supply Installations, Cable Detection Work and Electrical Workers
68. Notice to electricity licensee to cut off supply
Feedback & supportWhere any person operates an electrical or a supply installation without an electrical or a supply installation licence —
supply installation
“supply installation” means the whole of any plant or apparatus in an installation owned or managed by a person for the provision of electricity (other than electricity used for the transmission of any communication or signal) solely for the person’s own use, including any machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator, with all necessary related plant, buildings and land, supply lines and consuming apparatuses, if any;
the Authority may by written notice direct any electricity licensee to forthwith discontinue the supply of electricity to that electrical or supply installation; and
the electricity licensee must, upon receipt of the notice, immediately comply with the notice.
Where the Authority has directed an electricity licensee to discontinue a supply of electricity under subsection (1), the licensee may discontinue the supply until all expenses incurred by the licensee are fully paid by the person operating the electrical or supply installation.