Duty to disconnect if damage may result
8 Duty to disconnect if damage may result
If —
a transmitter or distributor is, or will be, unable to comply with section 5 in relation to a standard prescribed by section 6(2) or 7; and
the failure may result in damage to a customer’s electrical installations or property,
the transmitter or distributor must, so far as is reasonably practicable, disconnect the supply of electricity to those installations or property, unless it is in the interests of the customer to maintain the supply.
This note relates to the standards prescribed by law for the voltage level and the frequency of electricity supplied by the networks operated by Western Power Corporation at the commencement of this Code. Those matters are not covered by this Code because they are provided for by the Electricity Act 1945 section 25(1)(d). Under that section —
the voltage must be maintained at +/‑ 6% of the voltage declared for the purposes of that section namely, 240v single‑phase or 415v three‑phase; and
the frequency must be maintained at +/‑ 2.5% of the frequency so declared namely, 50 cycles per second.
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