(1)  In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears –

Act means the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 ;

business day means a day other than –

(a) a Saturday or Sunday; or

(b) a day that is a statutory holiday as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 ; or

(c) in the application of these regulations to a particular area of the State, a day that is a statutory holiday as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 in that area;

electrical connection has the same meaning as in the National Electricity Rules;

electricity account means an account for electricity sold and supplied to a tariff customer;

electricity retailer means an electricity entity having an exclusive right under its licence to sell and supply electricity to tariff customers within a particular supply area;

metering equipment means equipment that measures and records the amount of electricity supplied to a tariff customer's electrical installation;

notice means notice in writing;

tariff customer means –

(a) a non-contestable customer who has entered into a contract with an electricity retailer for the sale and supply of electricity to the customer on conditions fixed by a tariff; or

(b) a contestable customer, until whichever of the following occurs first:

(i) the customer enters into a contract with an electricity retailer for the sale and supply of electricity to the customer on conditions fixed by a tariff;

(ii) the end of the 12-month period commencing on the day on which the customer became a contestable customer.

(2)  For the purposes of these regulations, a tariff customer is taken to have produced acceptable identification in relation to a matter if the tariff customer produces his or her –

(a) birth certificate; or

(b) current driver licence; or

(c) current passport; or

(d) current card issued under the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth; or

(e) current card issued under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth.