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Electricity Reform Act 2000
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68 Disconnection of cathodic protection system
(1) An electricity officer who finds that a cathodic protection system
does not comply with, or is being operated contrary to, the Electrical
Safety Act 2022 may:
(a) take reasonable action to disconnect the system to make it
inoperable; or
(b) give a written direction to the person in charge of the system,
or the place in which the system is situated, to take
reasonable action to disconnect the system to make it
inoperable.
(2) If the electricity officer takes action under subsection (1)(a), the
electricity officer must give written notice to the person in charge of
the cathodic protection system:
(a) informing the person that the electricity supply was
disconnected under this section; and
(b) directing that the electricity supply must not be reconnected
except in accordance with the Electrical Safety Act 2022.