48. Duty to supply on request

(1)

Subject to this Part and the regulations, a public electricity supplier shall, upon being requested to do so by any person who desires electricity to be supplied to any premises —

(a)

procure a supply of electricity to the electrical installation serving those premises or, in the case of premises which are not served by an electrical installation, directly to those premises; and

(b)

so far as may be necessary for that purpose, procure the provision of building, land, mains or electrical plant or all of them.

(2)

In this Part, any reference to —

(a)

procuring a supply of electricity includes a reference to continuing to procure such a supply;

(b)

requiring a supply of electricity includes a reference to requiring such a supply to continue to be given; and

(c)

the provision of a main or an item of electrical plant is a reference to the provision of such a main or an item either by the installation of a new one or by the modification of an existing one.

Terms defined in s 2

electrical installation
Defined · s 2
“electrical installation” means any appliance, wire, fitting or other apparatus placed in, on, over or under any premises and used for or for purposes incidental to the conveyance, control or use of electricity supplied or intended to be supplied by the Board, a public electricity licensee or any other person, whether the appliance, wire, fitting or apparatus is or is not supplied by the person contracting or undertaking to instal the same, and includes a supply installation and any addition, alteration, and repair to an electrical installation, but does not include —(a)any electric line, supply line or electrical plant of the Board or a public electricity licensee;(b)any appliance, wire, fitting or apparatus connected to and beyond any electrical outlet socket which is installed for the purpose of connecting portable electrical appliances, fittings or apparatus and at which fixed wiring terminates; and(c)any appliance, wire, fitting or apparatus which is placed in, on, over or under any premises owned or occupied by the Board or a public electricity licensee which is not used for the consumption of electricity on the premises or solely for the purposes incidental to the conveyance or control of electricity so consumed;
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electrical plant
Defined · s 2
“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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installation
Defined · s 2
“installation”, except for the purposes of Part VIII, includes any plant or apparatus designed for the collection, generation, production, transmission, supply or use of water, electricity or gas;
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premises
Defined · s 2
“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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public electricity supplier
Defined · s 2
“public electricity supplier” means a person who is authorised by a public licence to supply electricity to the public and is designated by the Board under section 40;
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regulations
Defined · s 2
“regulations” means regulations made under this Act;
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