16E+W+SIn Schedule 7 to the Act of 1989 (use of electricity meters), the following shall be substituted for paragraph 1(2)—
“(2)If the electricity supplier agrees, the meter may be provided by the customer; but otherwise it shall be provided by the electricity supplier (whether by way of sale, hire or loan).
(2A)A public electricity supplier may refuse to allow one of his customers to provide a meter only if there are reasonable grounds for his refusal.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 16 wholly in force at 1.7.1992 see s. 56(2) and Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1992, art. 3, Sch. Pt. I.