5. Consumers not classified as contestable consumers: subject premises with master‑meter and sub‑meters

This regulation applies where —

the subject premises comprise the entire of a building or cluster of buildings, or a part of a building or cluster of buildings;

the electricity consumed at the building or cluster of buildings is metered by a master‑meter and one or more sub‑meters; and

the application to open a contestable consumer account for the subject premises is made by the consumer that holds the master‑meter account with an MSSL for those premises.

Where the subject premises comprise the entire of a building or cluster of buildings, the consumer is not classified as a contestable consumer under regulation 3 unless the consumer has the consent of all sub‑meter consumers of the subject premises to purchase electricity for those premises.

Where the subject premises comprise a part of a building or cluster of buildings, the consumer is not classified as a contestable consumer under regulation 3 unless —

the consumer also holds the sub‑meter account with the MSSL for the subject premises;

the consumer has the consent of all sub‑meter consumers of the subject premises to purchase electricity for those premises; and

the consumer is able to comply with the requirements of the Authority in ensuring that there will not be any billing for a negative amount by the MSSL in respect of the master‑meter account.

[Deleted by S 355/2019 wef 01/05/2019]

In this regulation and regulation 6, “sub‑meter consumer” means a person who is liable to pay the consumer mentioned in paragraph (1) for electricity metered through a sub‑meter for a part of a building or cluster of buildings.

This regulation applies where —

the subject premises comprise the entire of a building or cluster of buildings, or a part of a building or cluster of buildings;

the electricity consumed at the building or cluster of buildings is metered by a master‑meter and one or more sub‑meters; and

the application to open a contestable consumer account for the subject premises is made by the consumer that holds the master‑meter account with an MSSL for those premises.

Where the subject premises comprise the entire of a building or cluster of buildings, the consumer is not classified as a contestable consumer under regulation 3 unless the consumer has the consent of all sub‑meter consumers of the subject premises to purchase electricity for those premises.

Where the subject premises comprise a part of a building or cluster of buildings, the consumer is not classified as a contestable consumer under regulation 3 unless —

the consumer also holds the sub‑meter account with the MSSL for the subject premises;

the consumer has the consent of all sub‑meter consumers of the subject premises to purchase electricity for those premises; and

the consumer is able to comply with the requirements of the Authority in ensuring that there will not be any billing for a negative amount by the MSSL in respect of the master‑meter account.

[Deleted by S 355/2019 wef 01/05/2019]

In this regulation and regulation 6, “sub‑meter consumer” means a person who is liable to pay the consumer mentioned in paragraph (1) for electricity metered through a sub‑meter for a part of a building or cluster of buildings.