49Exemption—electricity supply bodies

49 Exemption—electricity supply bodies

(1) If the sole use of a network unit is use by an electricity supply body to carry communications necessary or desirable for: (a) managing the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity; or (b) charging for the supply of electricity; section 42 does not apply to the unit. (2) If: (a) the principal use of a network unit is use by an electricity supply body to carry communications necessary or desirable for: (i) managing the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity; or (ii) charging for the supply of electricity; and (b) the remaining use of the unit is use by one or more carriers, or by one or more exempt network‑users, to supply carriage services and/or content services; section 42 does not apply to the unit. (3) In this section:

electricity supply body means an authority, or a body corporate, that carries on a business, or performs a function, of:

(a) generating, transmitting, distributing or supplying electricity; or
(b) managing the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity.