Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1997 (NO. 81 OF 1997) - SECT 32

32. (1) A standard form customer supply contract takes effect—

        (a)     on the day on which notice of its terms is first published in a daily newspaper circulating throughout the Territory; or

        (b)     on such later day as is specified in the notice.

(2) A notice under this section shall—

        (a)     specify the day on which the customer supply contract is to take effect; and

        (b)     include such other particulars as are prescribed.

(3) A notice under this section may be of general application or be limited in its application by reference to specified exceptions or factors.

(4) A standard form customer supply contract does not have effect in respect of any period before the day specified in the relevant notice as the day on or after which the contract is to take effect.

(5) On the day on which a customer applies to a retail supplier for the supply of electricity, the customer and the retail supplier are taken to have entered into an agreement for the provision of electricity on the conditions set out in the relevant standard form customer supply contract, and the contract is enforceable accordingly.