Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts25. (1) Application may be made to an electricity distributor—
(a) by a person who owns or occupies premises that are connected to the distributor's distribution system; or
(b) by any other person on behalf of such a person;
for the supply of electricity to those premises at a rate not exceeding the maximum capacity of the connection to the system.
(2) An electricity distributor to which an application is made shall—
(a) supply electricity to the applicant's premises under the customer supply contract applicable to the applicant; or
(b) ensure that electricity is so supplied.
(3) The right that a person has under this section to have premises supplied with electricity is subject to any provision of this Act or the regulations that authorises the refusal, suspension or discontinuance of the supply of electricity.
(4) It is a condition of a retail supplier's licence held by an electricity distributor that the distributor fulfil the obligations imposed on it by this section.