86Abstracting or diverting electricity

86 Abstracting or diverting electricity (a) the person intentionally engages in any of the following conduct: (i) abstracts or diverts electricity from an electricity network or other person; (ii) interferes with a meter supplied by an electricity entity; and

Electrical Safety Act 2022 55 (b) the person does not have approval of the electricity entity responsible for the electricity network or the other person to engage in that conduct. (2) Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(b). (a) the person is not an electricity entity; and (b) the person possesses an electric line that is ready and able to convey an electricity supply beyond the boundaries of property occupied by the person; and (c) the line is not authorised by regulation; and (d) the person does not have the approval of the electricity entity responsible for the electricity network to engage in that conduct. (a) the person is not an electricity entity; and (b) the person installs a line capable of conveying an electricity supply beyond the boundaries of property occupied by the (c) the line is not authorised by regulation; and (d) the person does not have the approval of the electricity entity responsible for the electricity network to engage in that conduct. (5) An offence against subsection (3) or (4) is an offence of strict (6) An electricity entity may recover compensation for the loss or damage it suffers from a person found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) or (4).

Electrical Safety Act 2022 56 (7) The electricity entity may recover the compensation either: (a) on application to a Court that finds a person guilty of an offence against subsection (1) or (4); or (b) by action in NTCAT or a Court of competent jurisdiction.