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Failure to comply with licence

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Part 2Licensing of electricity supply
Division 6Enforcement

32 Failure to comply with licence

(1)

If, in the opinion of the Authority, a licensee contravenes a licence, the Authority may cause a notice to be served on the licensee requiring the licensee to rectify the contravention within a specified period.

(2)

If, in the opinion of the Authority, a licensee fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1), the Authority may, subject to section 33, do one or more of the following —

(a)

serve a letter of reprimand on the licensee;

(b)

order the licensee to pay a monetary penalty fixed by the Authority but not exceeding $100 000;

(c)

cause the contravention to be rectified to the satisfaction of the Authority.

(3)

Persons authorised by the Authority in writing may enter any premises and do all things that are necessary for the purposes of subsection (2)(c).

(4)

The Authority may recover —

(a)

a penalty imposed under subsection (2)(b); or

(b)

the costs and expenses of any action taken under subsection (2)(c),

in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due by the licensee to the State.

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