21Specific licence conditions

21 Specific licence conditions

Without limiting the generality of section 20, the conditions on a licence may include provisions—

S. 21(a) amended by No. 62/2001 s. 70(d).

(a) requiring the licensee to pay specified fees and charges in respect of the licence to the Commission;

(b) requiring the licensee to enter into agreements on specified terms or on terms of a specified type;

(c) requiring a retailer to have such agreements with one or more distribution companies as are necessary to ensure that, subject this Act, electricity is distributed or supplied to the extent necessary to enable the retailer to sell electricity to its customers;

(d) requiring a distribution company to have such agreements with retailers as are necessary to ensure that, subject to this Act, electricity is distributed or supplied to the extent necessary to enable the retailers to sell electricity to their customers;

(e) requiring a distribution company—

(i) to prepare standard agreements for the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d); and

S. 21(e)(ii) amended by No. 62/2001 s. 70(d).

(ii) to submit those standard agreements to the Commission for approval; and

S. 21(e)(iii) amended by No. 62/2001 s. 70(d).

(iii) to offer a standard agreement approved by the Commission to a retailer for the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d);

(f) subject to section 47, requiring a retailer to enter into an agreement with the State for the provision of community services;

(g) requiring a distribution company to comply with requirements relating to the provision of public lighting;

S. 21(h) repealed by No. 23/2009 s. 8.

S. 21(i) repealed by No. 23/2009 s. 8.

(j) requiring the licensee to inform customers from time to time of the arrangements in place or proposed to be in place to allow them to elect to become a customer of another licensee;

S. 21(k) amended by Nos 62/2001 s. 70(d), 85/2001 s. 5.

(k) requiring a licensee to give notice to customers of the existence of deemed contracts under section 39 and the methods by which those contracts may be terminated and requiring the licensee to provide for cooling-off periods approved by the Commission for the termination of those contracts;

S. 21(l) amended by Nos 62/2001 s. 70(d), 75/2004 s. 12(a).

(l) requiring the licensee to observe specified Orders in Council, industry codes, standards, rules and guidelines, with such modifications or exemptions as may be specified by the Commission;

(m) requiring the licensee to maintain specified accounting records and to prepare accounts according to specified principles;