AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY BY THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT REGULATOR TO LICENSE THE GENERATION, TRANSMISSION AND SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY AND FOR RELATED MATTERS
6 Entry on discontinuance of supply
- (a)discontinue the supply of electricity to any premises; and
- (b)remove the electricity meter relating to the offence that was committed under paragraph 4(3),
any officer authorised by the public electricity supplier may at all reasonable times, on production of some duly authenticated document showing the officer’s authority, enter the premises for the purpose of disconnecting the supply and removing the meter.
- (a)a public electricity supplier is authorised by any other provision of this Act or of regulations made under it to cut off or discontinue the supply of electricity to any premises;
- (b)a person occupying premises supplied with electricity by a public electricity supplier, or by a private electricity supplier (wholly or partly) through a public electricity supplier’s electric lines and electrical plant, ceases to require such a supply;
- (c)a person entering into occupation of any premises previously supplied with electricity by a public electricity supplier, or by a private electricity supplier (wholly or partly) through a public electricity supplier’s electric lines and electrical plant, does not require such a supply; or
- (d)a person entering into occupation of any premises previously supplied with electricity through a meter belonging to a public electricity supplier does not hire or borrow that meter,
any officer authorised by the public electricity supplier, after one working days’ notice to the occupier, or to the owner of the premises which is unoccupied, may at all reasonable times, on production of a duly authenticated document showing the officer’s authority, enter the premises for the purpose of disconnecting the supply or removing any electrical plant, electric line or electricity meter.
The Laws of Fiji