South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations7F—Provisions relating to default contracts
(1) If a person
receives electricity supply through a connection point otherwise than under a
retail contract—
(a) that
person; and
(b) the
electricity entity that was last a party to a retail contract in relation to
that connection point,
become parties to a default contract in relation to that connection point for
the purposes of section 36AB(2) of the Act.
(2)
Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a connection point
situated within an excluded area.
(3) The default
contract continues until—
(a) the
customer becomes a party to a market contract or standing contract (whether
with the same entity or some other electricity entity) in relation to the
connection point; or
(b) some
other person becomes a party to a retail contract in relation to the
connection point.
(4) On the electricity
entity becoming aware that it has become a party to the default contract, the
entity must, within 5 business days, give the customer a written notice
setting out the terms and conditions of the default contract and describing,
in general terms, the other contractual options that may be available to the
customer for the purchase of electricity.
(5) The electricity
entity must, in giving notice under subregulation (4), comply with any
requirements imposed by a code made by the Commission under the
Essential Services Commission Act 2002 , relating to the contents of the
notice or the manner in which the notice is to be given.
(6) For the purposes
of paragraph (b) of the definition of
"default contract price" in section 36AB(3) of the Act, the prescribed
period is—
(a) if
the price fixed as the default contract price by the entity by the notice
referred to in that paragraph is the same as the price that will be in force
as the standing contract price (whether or not for the same entity) 14 days
from the date of publication of that notice—14 days; or
(b) in
any other case—28 days.