Electricity Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Electrical and Supply Installations, Cable Detection Work and Electrical Workers
77. Entry upon premises
Feedback & supportSubject to subsection (2), an authorised officer may, in the performance of his or her functions and duties under this Act, enter upon any premises in or upon which any electrical or supply installation may be, at all reasonable hours of the day and at any time when the electrical or supply installation is in operation.
The authorised officer seeking to enter any premises under subsection (1) must carry and produce on demand an official identification card or badge in such form as the Authority may direct.
premises
“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;
No person is obliged to admit into the person’s premises any person purporting to be an authorised officer except upon production of such identification card or badge.