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ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 54
Powers of entry
54 Powers of entry
(1) An authorised officer of a network operator may enter any premises for the
purpose of exercising any function conferred or imposed on a network operator
by or under this or any other Act or law, including-- (a) carrying out
preliminary investigations in connection with the proposed installation or
extension of electricity works, or
(b) installing, extending, maintaining,
repairing or removing electricity works, or
(c) reading electricity meters,
or
(d) checking if the network operator's conditions relating to tariffs and
the use of electricity are being complied with, or
(e) ascertaining whether
an offence against this Act or the regulations has been committed, or
(f)
inspecting or disconnecting an electrical installation that the network
operator is required or permitted to inspect or disconnect by or under this or
any other Act or law, or
(g) monitoring any excavation work in accordance
with regulations under section 63Z, or
(h) exercising any function conferred
on the network operator by section 48, 49 or 49A or Division 2A.
(1A) An
authorised officer of a retailer may enter the premises of a customer for the
following purposes-- (a) reading, testing, maintaining, inspecting or altering
any meter installed at the premises,
(b) calculating or measuring energy
supplied or taken at the premises,
(c) checking the accuracy of metered
consumption at the premises,
(d) replacing meters,
(e) any other purpose
prescribed by the regulations relating to metering.
(2) A power of entry to
premises under this section may be exercised only during daylight hours
except-- (a) in an emergency, or
(b) in the case of an authorised officer of
a retailer--if there is a problem with a meter on the premises that poses a
risk to safety.
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