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ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (ACCESS) ACT 1994 - SECT 94

94 .         Enforcement

        (1)         The obligations imposed on a corporation by this Part and by Schedules 5 and 6 create duties that are enforceable by civil proceedings in a court, but no breach of those obligations gives rise to an action for damages.

        (2)         A grant of access by a corporation under clause 2 of Schedule 5 or clause 2 of Schedule 6 to a user and the terms and conditions of that grant are to be taken to constitute a contract between the corporation and the user, and rights and obligations under the grant are enforceable accordingly.

        (3)         Nothing in subsection (1) affects —

            (a)         the enforceability of any contract, including a deemed contract under subsection (2), to which a corporation is a party; or

            (b)         the availability of damages for a breach of any such contract.

        (4)         Sections 177 and 178 of The Criminal Code do not apply to the obligations created by or under this Part and Schedules 5 and 6.

        [Section 94 amended: No. 18 of 2005 s. 139; amended in Gazette 26 Jun 2007 p. 3019.]



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