Victorian Current Acts

GAS INDUSTRY ACT 2001 - SECT 48DP

    (1)     Subject to section 48DU, a gas retailer, or an exempt gas seller specified under an applicable Code for the purposes of this section, may arrange for the supply of gas at a relevant customer's premises to be disconnected if—

        (a)     the relevant customer does not give a security deposit in accordance with a supply and sale contract with the gas retailer or exempt gas seller; and

        (b)     the gas retailer or exempt gas seller, in accordance with any requirements under an applicable Code, gives the relevant customer an intention to disconnect notice; and

        (c)     after the expiry of the period specified in the intention to disconnect notice, the gas retailer or exempt gas seller, in accordance with any requirements under an applicable Code, gives the relevant customer a disconnection warning notice; and

        (d)     after the expiry of the period specified in the disconnection warning notice, the relevant customer does not give the security deposit.

    (2)     The period specified in an intention to disconnect notice and a disconnection warning notice must be not less than the period specified under an applicable Code.

S. 48DQ inserted by No. 28/2021 s. 23 (as amended by No. 41/2021 ss 107–116).