Electricity Supply Act 1995
65AEntering, climbing or being on electricity works
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65A Entering, climbing or being on electricity works
65A Entering, climbing or being on electricity works
(1) A person must not enter, climb or be on a network operator’s or retailer’s electricity works unless authorised to do so by the network operator or retailer concerned.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or 3 months imprisonment (or both).
(2) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if the person establishes that he or she had a reasonable excuse for entering, climbing or being on the electricity works or entered, climbed or was on the electricity works for a lawful purpose.
s 65A: Ins 2008 No 2, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2012 No 38, Sch 1 [57] [58].