18. Amendment of Schedule II of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

The Schedule II of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :—

(a)

by the repeal of paragraph (5) of item 1 of that

Schedule and substitute the following :—

“(5) If a tariff customer:—

(a)

has not, within the requisite period, paid all charges due to a distribution licensee in respect of the supply of electricity to any premises, or the provision of any electricity meter, electric line or electrical plant for the purposes of that supply;

(b)

has failed to comply with a notice from the licensee requiring him or her to cease using any appliance which unduly or improperly interferes with the supply of electricity by the licensee to any other consumer; or

(c)

has failed to pay the monthly instalments due for the requisite period under the agreement entered into under subsection (1B) of section 27 of the Act or any other charges which the customer has agreed to make to the distribution licensee, the distribution licensee may, at the end of the requisite period cut off the supply to the premises, or to any other premises occupied by the customer, by such means as the licensee thinks fit and recover any expenses inccurred in so doing from the costomer.”.

(b)

in paragraph (1) of item 5 of that Schedule, by the substitution for the words and figures “subject to the provisions of item 8, any officer authorized by a distribution licensee may enter any premises to”

of the words “Notwithstanding the provisions in item 8(1)(a) of Schedule 11 any officer authorized by a distribution licensee as may be prescribed by regulations may enter any premises from 8 a.m.

to 5 p.m.;

(c)

in item 6 of that Schedule—

(i)

in paragraph (1), by the substitution for the words and figures “subject to item 8, enter the premises” of the words “enter the premises from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.”; and

(ii)

in paragraph (2), by the substitution for the words and figures “subject to item 8, enter the premises” of the words “enter the premises from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.”;

(d)

in paragraph (1) of item 8 of that schedule, by the substitution for the words “under this Act shall not”

of the words “under this Act except under the provisions of item 5 and item 6 of the schedule II shall not”.

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