sec.353Customer connection services

### sec.353 Customer connection services This section applies if— before the commencement, a customer and a distribution entity— are taken to have entered into a standard connection contract under section 40DB as in force immediately before the commencement; or have entered into a negotiated connection contract under section 40DC as in force immediately before the commencement; and at the commencement, the customer’s premises are not physically connected to the distribution entity’s supply network. Sections 40E, 40H and 41 and the Electricity Regulation 2006 , section 34 , as in force immediately before the commencement, to the extent they apply to the construction of a new connection, continue to apply to the construction of the connection. However, chapter 5A of the National Electricity Rules does not apply to the construction of the connection. s 353 ins 2014 No. 48 s 94 (sec.353-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a customer and a distribution entity— are taken to have entered into a standard connection contract under section 40DB as in force immediately before the commencement; or have entered into a negotiated connection contract under section 40DC as in force immediately before the commencement; and at the commencement, the customer’s premises are not physically connected to the distribution entity’s supply network. (sec.353-ssec.2) Sections 40E, 40H and 41 and the Electricity Regulation 2006 , section 34 , as in force immediately before the commencement, to the extent they apply to the construction of a new connection, continue to apply to the construction of the connection. (sec.353-ssec.3) However, chapter 5A of the National Electricity Rules does not apply to the construction of the connection. - (a) before the commencement, a customer and a distribution entity— (i) are taken to have entered into a standard connection contract under section 40DB as in force immediately before the commencement; or (ii) have entered into a negotiated connection contract under section 40DC as in force immediately before the commencement; and - (i) are taken to have entered into a standard connection contract under section 40DB as in force immediately before the commencement; or - (ii) have entered into a negotiated connection contract under section 40DC as in force immediately before the commencement; and - (b) at the commencement, the customer’s premises are not physically connected to the distribution entity’s supply network. - (i) are taken to have entered into a standard connection contract under section 40DB as in force immediately before the commencement; or - (ii) have entered into a negotiated connection contract under section 40DC as in force immediately before the commencement; and