Gas Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Gas Retailers, Gas Importers and General Provisions
49. Restoration of supply without consent
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Where any premises have been disconnected by a gas transporter in exercise of the powers under this Act or pursuant to a valid and enforceable contractual right —
premises
“premises” means any building, structure or other place to which gas is, or is to be, conveyed;
any person who, without the consent of the gas transporter, re-connects the supply of gas to those premises shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both; and
the gas transporter may again disconnect the premises.
Where the supply of gas to any premises has been discontinued by a gas shipper or gas retailer in exercise of the powers under this Act or pursuant to a valid and enforceable contractual right —
supply
“supply”, in relation to gas, means the physical delivery of gas to a consumer’s premises;
any person who, without the consent of the gas shipper or gas retailer (as the case may be) restores the supply of gas to those premises shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both; and
the gas transporter whose pipeline is connected to those premises (whether such pipeline is owned by, or under the management or control of, the gas transporter) may disconnect the premises.