Electricity Industry Act 2004

In this section —

a contract referred to in the Electricity Corporations Act 2005 section 181(2) between a corporation and a small use customer; or

a contract in the form of a prescribed form of contract entered into by a corporation and a small use customer other than a contract referred to in paragraph (a);

A corporation is required to offer to supply electricity under a prescribed form of contract to small use customers who request supply on or after the relevant day.

If, following the grant of a retail licence or an integrated regional licence to a corporation, the corporation is required by regulations referred to in section 48(2) to offer to supply electricity to small use customers under a standard form contract, then on and from the day on which that obligation has effect —

the obligation in subsection (2) ceases to have effect; and

any relevant contract in force on that day is to be taken to be amended so that its terms, conditions and provisions are consistent with those of the standard form contract.

The regulations may —

provide for exceptions to the obligation in subsection (2);

provide for and in relation to the standards of service that a corporation is to provide to small use customers in connection with the supply of electricity;

provide for the inclusion in relevant contracts of requirements that the corporation comply with any such standard.

Section 48(4) applies to regulations made for the purposes of subsection (4)(b).