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Electrical Safety Act 2002
sec.202Electrical safety contribution notice
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### sec.202 Electrical safety contribution notice
A distribution entity must pay its electrical safety contribution for a financial year in accordance with the requirements of a notice ( electrical safety contribution notice ) the regulator gives to the distribution entity.
An electrical safety contribution notice must state the following—
the financial year the notice relates to;
the total amount of the electrical safety contribution payable by the distribution entity for the financial year;
the calculations used to work out the electrical safety contribution payable by the distribution entity for the financial year;
the amount of any instalment of the electrical safety contribution currently payable by the distribution entity and the date by which the instalment must be paid.
For each financial year, the regulator must—
work out the amount of the electrical safety contribution payable by each distribution entity for the financial year; and
give each distribution entity its first electrical safety contribution notice for the financial year.
The regulator must act under subsection (3) at a time that is—
before the financial year starts; and
in accordance with the reasonable forward planning requirements of the distribution entity.
The date by which an instalment, other than an overdue instalment, must be paid must not be earlier than—
the start of the part of the financial year to which the instalment relates; or
14 days after the distribution entity receives the electrical safety contribution notice advising that payment of the instalment is required.
Subsection (4) does not apply for the financial year in which this section commences.
s 202 amd 2011 No. 18 s 404 sch 4 pt 1
(sec.202-ssec.1) A distribution entity must pay its electrical safety contribution for a financial year in accordance with the requirements of a notice ( electrical safety contribution notice ) the regulator gives to the distribution entity.
(sec.202-ssec.2) An electrical safety contribution notice must state the following— the financial year the notice relates to; the total amount of the electrical safety contribution payable by the distribution entity for the financial year; the calculations used to work out the electrical safety contribution payable by the distribution entity for the financial year; the amount of any instalment of the electrical safety contribution currently payable by the distribution entity and the date by which the instalment must be paid.
(sec.202-ssec.3) For each financial year, the regulator must— work out the amount of the electrical safety contribution payable by each distribution entity for the financial year; and give each distribution entity its first electrical safety contribution notice for the financial year.
(sec.202-ssec.4) The regulator must act under subsection (3) at a time that is— before the financial year starts; and in accordance with the reasonable forward planning requirements of the distribution entity.
(sec.202-ssec.5) The date by which an instalment, other than an overdue instalment, must be paid must not be earlier than— the start of the part of the financial year to which the instalment relates; or 14 days after the distribution entity receives the electrical safety contribution notice advising that payment of the instalment is required.
(sec.202-ssec.6) Subsection (4) does not apply for the financial year in which this section commences.
- (a) the financial year the notice relates to;
- (b) the total amount of the electrical safety contribution payable by the distribution entity for the financial year;
- (c) the calculations used to work out the electrical safety contribution payable by the distribution entity for the financial year;
- (d) the amount of any instalment of the electrical safety contribution currently payable by the distribution entity and the date by which the instalment must be paid.
- (a) work out the amount of the electrical safety contribution payable by each distribution entity for the financial year; and
- (b) give each distribution entity its first electrical safety contribution notice for the financial year.
- (a) before the financial year starts; and
- (b) in accordance with the reasonable forward planning requirements of the distribution entity.
- (a) the start of the part of the financial year to which the instalment relates; or
- (b) 14 days after the distribution entity receives the electrical safety contribution notice advising that payment of the instalment is required.