70Unauthorised alterations and additions to electrical installations

70 Unauthorised alterations and additions to electrical installations

70 Unauthorised alterations and additions to electrical installations

A person must not alter or add to an electrical installation that is connected to a distributor’s distribution system so as to cause the supply of electricity to the installation or any part of it to be incorrectly metered unless authorised to do so by the distributor.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or

(b) in any other case—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years (or both).

ss 67–70: Am 2006 No 57, Sch 2.1.