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Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997
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66 Power to direct discontinuance of supply
(1) [Section 66 Subsection (1) amended by No. 59 of 2009, s. 24, Applied:01 Jun 2010] If the Secretary considers it necessary to do so for reasons of safety, the Secretary may, by written notice, direct an electricity entity to discontinue the supply of electricity to a particular electrical installation or a particular part of an electrical installation.
(2) An electricity entity must comply with a direction under this section.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.