Time for complying with obligation
8 Time for complying with obligation
If a distributor is obliged under regulation 7(1) to energise premises, it is required to do so before the time limit imposed by subregulation (2).
The time limit under this subregulation is —
if the premises are within the metropolitan area —
the end of the first business day after the day on which the application under regulation 7(1) is received if it is received before 3 p.m. on a business day;
the end of the second business day after the day on which the application under regulation 7(1) is received if it is received on a business day, but not before 3 p.m., or on a day that is not a business day;
if the premises are not within the metropolitan area —
the end of the fifth business day after the day on which the application under regulation 7(1) is received if it is received before 3 p.m. on a business day;
the end of the sixth business day after the day on which the application under regulation 7(1) is received if it is received on a business day, but not before 3 p.m., or on a day that is not a business day,
or any later time to which the customer agrees in writing.
If, during any of the time that this regulation gives the distributor for energising the premises, any written law prevents the distributor from doing so, subregulation (2) applies as if the application under regulation 7(1) were received when the written law ceases to prevent the distributor from energising the premises.
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