49. Exceptions from duty to supply
Feedback & supportNothing in section 48 shall be taken as requiring a public electricity supplier to procure a supply of electricity to any premises if —
public electricity supplier
“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;
it is prevented from doing so by circumstances not within its control;
circumstances exist by reason of which its doing so would or might involve the supplier or any other public licensee being in breach of the regulations, and the supplier or other licensee has taken all such steps as it was reasonable to take both to prevent the circumstances from occurring and to prevent them from having that effect;
any building on the premises has been erected in contravention of any written law or is in a ruinous or dangerous condition; or
it is not reasonable in all the circumstances for it to be required to do so.
Nothing in section 48 shall be taken as requiring a public electricity supplier to procure a supply of electricity to any premises if the supply is being given to the premises by a private electricity supplier through (wholly or partly) a public licensee’s electric line and electrical plant.
electricity
“electricity” means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal;
Where such premises shall cease for any reason to be supplied in the manner specified in subsection (2), the public electricity supplier shall be obliged to procure a supply of electricity to such premises under section 48 if so requested by any person requiring such a supply to such premises.
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;
In this section, “private electricity supplier” means a person, other than a public electricity supplier, who is authorised by a public licence to supply electricity.
public licence
“public licence” means a licence granted under section 38 and “public licensee” shall be construed accordingly;