Version Superseded: 05/10/2004
Point in time view as at 21/11/2003.
Electricity Act 1989, Paragraph 12 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
12(1)A customer of an [F1authorised supplier] who takes his supply through a pre-payment meter shall be under a duty to take all reasonable precautions for the safekeeping of any money or tokens which are inserted into that meter.E+W+S
[F2(2)A pre-payment meter installed on any premises shall not be used to recover any sum other than a sum owing to an authorised supplier in respect of the supply of electricity to those premises or the provision of the meter.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 12(1) substituted (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 27, s. 52, Sch. 5 para. 2(1); S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)
F2Sch. 7 para. 12(2) substituted (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 27, s. 52, Sch. 5 para. 8; S.I. 2001/3266, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-20)
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