Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1997 (NO. 81 OF 1997)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I--PRELIMINARY SHORT TITLE

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Electricity Supply Act 1997.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  

   PART II--NETWORK OPERATIONS

   4.      Operation of distribution systems for retail supply  
   5.      Licences  
   6.      Right of connection to local distribution system  
   7.      Electricity distributors to convey electricity for licensed retail suppliers only  
   8.      Electricity distributors to hold retail suppliers' licences  
   9.      Electricity distributors to connect premises under customer connection contracts  
   10.     Procedure for making standard form customer connection contracts  
   11.     Matters for which standard form customer connection contracts are to provide  
   12.     Effect of standard form customer connection contracts  
   13.     Amendment of standard form customer connection contracts  
   14.     Negotiated customer connection contracts  
   15.     Application  
   16.     Contributions to augmentation of distribution system  
   17.     Service lines  
   18.     Service equipment  
   19.     Transformers  
   20.     Electricity meters  
   21.     Requirements relating to installation and use of apparatus  
   22.     Customer may choose supplier or contractor  
   23.     Sealing of electrical installations  

   PART III--RETAIL SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY

   24.     (1) The Minister may grant retail suppliers' licences for the purposes of this Act.  
   25.     Right to supply from local electricity distributor for all franchise and non-franchise customers  
   26.     Discrimination prohibited  
   27.     Supply of electricity to franchise customers  
   28.     Supply of electricity to non-franchise customers  
   29.     Retail suppliers to supply electricity under customer supply contracts  
   30.     Procedure for making standard form customer supply contracts  
   31.     Matters for which standard form customer supply contracts are to provide  
   32.     Effect of standard form customer supply contracts  
   33.     Amendment of standard form customer supply contracts  
   34.     Negotiated customer supply contracts  

   PART IV--REVIEW OF DECISIONS REVIEW OF DECISIONS OF THE MINISTER

   35.     Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of a decision of the Minister—  
   36.     Notification of decisions  
   37.     Appeals against decisions of electricity distributors and retail suppliers  

   PART V--MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES FOR THE USE OF ELECTRICITY

   38.     (1) A person to whose premises electricity is supplied under a customer supply contract shall not charge any other person for the use of electricity so supplied.  
   39.     Non-franchise customers  
   40.     Unauthorised electricity supply arrangements unenforceable  
   41.     Customer connection contracts and customer supply contracts may be in the one document  
   42.     Recovery of monetary penalties  
   43.     Annual fees  
   44.     Power of Minister to determine fees  
   45.     Regulations  
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