sec.48Compensation for failure to disconnect or reconnect

sec.48 Compensation for failure to disconnect or reconnect

This section applies if a distributor contravenes section 46 or 47 and a person as follows (the claimant ) suffers a cost, damage or loss because of the contravention— a person who wants reconnection of the supply of a covered gas to the relevant premises; for section 46 —the retailer that made the disconnection request; for section 47 —the retailer that gave the notice asking for the relevant premises to be reconnected. Compensation for the cost, damage or loss is payable by the distributor to the claimant. The compensation may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. s 48 amd 2024 SL No. 31 s 6 (sec.48-ssec.1) This section applies if a distributor contravenes section 46 or 47 and a person as follows (the claimant ) suffers a cost, damage or loss because of the contravention— a person who wants reconnection of the supply of a covered gas to the relevant premises; for section 46 —the retailer that made the disconnection request; for section 47 —the retailer that gave the notice asking for the relevant premises to be reconnected. (sec.48-ssec.2) Compensation for the cost, damage or loss is payable by the distributor to the claimant. (sec.48-ssec.3) The compensation may be claimed and ordered in a proceeding brought in a court of competent jurisdiction.

• (a) a person who wants reconnection of the supply of a covered gas to the relevant premises;
• (b) for section 46 —the retailer that made the disconnection request;
• (c) for section 47 —the retailer that gave the notice asking for the relevant premises to be reconnected.