Unauthorised use
49 Unauthorised use
Where electricity is supplied to a consumer and the quantity supplied is not ascertained by a meter; and the consumer does or permits or suffers any other person to do any one or more of the following things, namely —
uses any electric fitting other than such as has been provided or approved of by the supply authority, or of larger dimensions or consuming capacity than the consumer has contracted to use; or
uses electricity for a longer time or in greater quantities than he has contracted to pay for; or
uses the electricity in a manner not authorised by the contract under which the electricity is supplied; or
contrary to the provisions of this Act, supplies any other person with any electricity supplied to him,
the consumer commits an offence.
Penalty: $100.
For each separate and further offence committed under section 71 of the Interpretation Act 1984: $50.
The supply authority may cut off the supply of electricity from the premises of the consumer who is responsible for the doing of any act mentioned in subsection (1) notwithstanding any contract made between the supply authority and such consumer and still subsisting.
[Section 49 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 89 of 1994 s. 79; No. 63 of 1996 s. 6; No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]
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