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Electricity Reform Act (No. 28 of 2002) - Sect 62

Purposes for which regulations

62.
(1) Regulations may be made for the purpose of -
(a) allowing and securing appropriate electricity trading arrangements between licensees ;
(b) securing that supplies of electricity are regular and efficient ;
(c) protecting the public from dangers arising from the generation, transmission, distribution, supply or use of electricity from any electric line or electrical plant ; and
(d) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph(c) eliminating or reducing the risks of personal injury, or damage to property or interference with its use. Arising from any of the activities referred to in that paragraph.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) , regulations may -
(a) prohibit the supply, transmission or distribution of electricity except by means of a system approved by the Commission ;
(b) make provision requiring notice to be given to the Commission, in such cases as may be specified in the regulations of accidents and of failures in the supply transmission or distribution of electricity;
(c) make provision as to the keeping, by persons authorized by a licence, or exempted from the requirement to obtain a licence, to supply, transmit or distribute electricity, of maps plans sections and as to their productions for inspection or copying ;
(d) make provisions for relieving persons authorized by a licence to supply electricity from any obligation to supply in such cases may be prescribed ;
(e) make provision requiring compliance with notices given by the Commission specifying action to be taken in relation to any electric line or electrical plant. Or any electrical appliance, under the control of a consumer, for the purpose of .
(i) preventing a breach of any regulation.
(ii) eliminating or reducing a risk of personal injury or damage to property or interference with its use ;
(f) provide for particular requirement of the regulations to be deemed to have been complied with in the case of any electric line or electrical plant complying with specified standard or requirement ; and
(g) provide for the granting of exemptions from any requirement of the regulations for such periods as may be determined by or under the regulations.

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