67ALiability for charges, and damage to apparatus

67A. Liability for charges, and damage to apparatus

(1) For the purposes of this section, unless the name of the occupier of the premises or of the relevant part of the premises has been notified to an energy operator, the person who is liable under this Act to pay to the energy operator the charges for the supply of energy to the premises or that part of the premises (as the case may be) or, if there be no such person, then the owner of the premises, shall be deemed to be their occupier.

(2) Where any service apparatus the property of an energy operator is placed on any premises, or on any part of any premises, in connection with the supply of energy to those premises, it remains the property of the energy operator and the occupier of those premises or that part of those premises shall be liable to the energy operator in respect of any damage to that service apparatus howsoever caused.

[Section 67A inserted: No. 24 of 1986 s. 28; amended: No. 89 of 1994 s. 25, 39 and 41; No. 58 of 1999 s. 83(1) and (3).]