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Electricity Supply Act 1995
70Unauthorised alterations and additions to electrical installations
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#### 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.
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> Maximum penalty—
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> > (a) in the case of a corporation—2,000 penalty units, or
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> > (b) in any other case—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years (or both).
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> **ss 67–70:** Am 2006 No 57, Sch 2.1.