SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6 The Public Electricity Supply Code
Entry during continuance of supply
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1
Any officer authorised by a public electricity supplier may at all reasonable times, on the production of some duly authenticated document showing his authority, enter any premises to which a supply of electricity is being given by the public electricity supplier, or by a private electricity supplier (wholly or partly) through the public electricity supplier’s electric lines and electrical plant, for any of the following purposes, namely—
a
inspecting any electric line or electrical plant belonging to the supplier;
b
ascertaining the register of any electricity meter and, in the case of a prepayment meter, removing any money or tokens belonging to the supplier;
c
removing, inspecting or re-installing any electricity meter or installing any substitute meter.
2
Except where a supply of electricity is being given to the premises by a private electricity supplier (wholly or partly) through the public electricity supplier’s electric lines and electrical plant, sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b) above does not apply if—
a
the consumer has applied in writing to the supplier for the supplier to cease to supply electricity to the premises; and
b
the supplier has failed to do so within a reasonable time.
3
Sub-paragraph (1)(c) above does not apply in relation to the removal of a meter unless two working days’ notice is given to the occupier, or the owner of the premises if they are unoccupied.