Western Australian Current Regulations

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY (OBLIGATION TO CONNECT) REGULATIONS 2005 - REG 4

4 .         Obligation to attach or connect premises

        (1)         This regulation applies if premises are not attached to a distribution system (including a distribution system that is part of an SPS) and —

            (a)         a retailer seeks to make arrangements with the distributor for the premises to be attached or connected; or

            (b)         a customer applies to the distributor for the premises to be attached.

        (2)         The distributor must, in the circumstances described in regulation 5(1), either —

            (a)         attach or connect the premises to the system, as the case requires; or

            (b)         provide an SPS for the supply of electricity to the premises.

        Note for this subregulation:

                The capacity of the Electricity Networks Corporation and the Regional Power Corporation to provide an SPS may be limited by the Code: see section 105(1)(cb) of the Act.

        [Regulation 4 inserted: SL 2021/185 r. 9.]