Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Subject to
subregulation (2), a corporation may interrupt or curtail the transfer of
electricity to or from a connection or the provision of an access service in
respect of a connection to the extent, and for such period of time, as the
corporation considers is necessary —
(a) to
carry out planned augmentation, maintenance, testing or repair of that part of
the electricity transmission network which has the ability to transfer
electricity to or from the connection or the plant or equipment used to
provide the access service in respect of the connection;
(b) to
carry out unplanned maintenance, testing or repair of that part of the
electricity transmission network which has the ability to transfer electricity
to or from the connection or the plant or equipment used to provide the access
service in respect of the connection, if the corporation considers that doing
so is necessary to avoid injury to any person or material damage to any
property or the environment;
(c) in
the event of breakdown of or damage to that part of the electricity
transmission network which has the ability to transfer electricity to or from
the connection or the plant or equipment used to provide the access service in
respect of the connection which affects the corporation’s ability to
transfer electricity to or from the connection or provide the access service;
or
(d) if a
force majeure event occurs which affects the corporation’s ability to
transfer electricity to or from the connection or to provide the access
service.
(2) A corporation
must —
(a) give
a user at least 10 business days’ prior notice of any planned
augmentation, maintenance, testing or repair that will require interruption to
or curtailment of the transfer of electricity to or from, or the provision of
an access service to, one or more of the user’s connections under these
regulations and must liaise with the user concerning the timing of that
planned augmentation, maintenance, testing or repair; and
(b) use
reasonable endeavours to promptly notify a user of any unplanned interruptions
to or curtailments of the transfer of electricity to or from, or the provision
of an access service to, one or more of the user’s connections under
these regulations.
(3) Subject to
subregulation (2), a corporation has no responsibility to inform any
person of any interruption or curtailment to the transfer of electricity to or
from, or the provision of an access service to, a connection.
(4) If a corporation
notifies a user of any interruption to or curtailment of the transfer of
electricity to or from, or the provision of an access service to, a connection
(under this regulation or otherwise), then the user must —
(a)
comply with any reasonable requirements concerning the interruption or
curtailment set out in the notice; and
(b) if
the connection is an exit point, must use all reasonable endeavours to ensure
that the persons taking a supply of electricity through the connection also
comply with those requirements.
[Regulation 29 amended in Gazette
31 Mar 2006 p. 1338-41.]