reg 2

Terms used in these regulations

In force

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

attach means to do all that is needed to connect premises to a distribution system except energise the premises;

business day means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a public holiday;

customer means a customer who consumes not more than 160 MWh of electricity per annum;

distributor, in relation to a distribution system, means the licensee holding a distribution licence or an integrated regional licence authorising the licensee to operate the distribution system;

energise means to complete a connection by establishing, at the meter through which electricity is to be supplied to a customer’s premises, a voltage that is capable of being sustained under the expected load conditions;

metropolitan area means —

(a)

the region described in the Third Schedule to the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959;

(b)

the districts under the Local Government Act 1995 named Mandurah and Murray; and

(c)

the townsites, as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1), named —

(i)

Albany;

(ii)

Bunbury;

(iii)

Geraldton;

(iv)

Kalgoorlie;

(v)

Boulder;

(vi)

Karratha;

(vii)

Port Hedland; and

(viii)

South Hedland;

premises means premises owned or occupied by a new or existing customer;

retailer means a licensee holding —

(a)

a retail licence; or

(b)

an integrated regional licence authorising the licensee to sell electricity to customers;

SPS means stand‑alone power system.

[Regulation 2 amended: SL 2021/185 r. 7.]

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