Western Australian Current Acts

ENERGY OPERATORS (POWERS) ACT 1979

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   4.      Terms used
            
   5.      Application of this Act to other Acts, the law generally, and to certain Agreements
            
   6.      Application of this Act to the Crown, government departments, and local governments
            
   28.     Powers of energy operators
            
   36.     Estates and interests in land
            
   37.     Partial interests in land
            
   38.     Conveyancing by abbreviated description
            
   39.     Agreements incidental to land matters
            
   40.     Power to dispose of land
            
   41.     Planning approvals
            
   42.     Energy operator to have certain rights to water
            
   43.     Property in works
            
   45.     Claims against the energy operator for the use of land and the application of the Land Administration Act 1997
            
   46.     The power of entry, generally
            
   47.     Service of notice by post on owner or occupier
            
   48.     Rights as to entry on lands etc. in emergency
            
   49.     General powers relating to works
            
   50.     Restrictions on the exercise of the general powers
            
   51.     Alteration to works in streets
            
   52.     Street levels and widths
            
   53.     Streets broken up to be reinstated without delay
            
   54.     Duty and powers, as to vegetation causing interference
            
   57.     Distribution system emergencies
            
   58.     Energy operator may not be bound to supply
            
   59.     Energy operator may supply, with or without contract
            
   60.     Repudiation of existing contracts, and unwritten contracts
            
   61.     Agreements to supply beyond normal range
            
   62.     Charges for supply, conditions of supply, and termination of supply
            
   63.     Apportioned accounts
            
   64.     Meters
            
   65.     Metered accounts
            
   66.     Meter tests
            
   67.     Circumventing meters
            
   67A.    Liability for charges, and damage to apparatus
            
   68.     Inspectors
            
   69.     Incriminating statements
            
   74.     Malicious damage
            
   75.     Unlawful damage generally
            
   76.     Unlawful entry
            
   77.     Restraint of persons
            
   78.     Persons may be apprehended
            
   79.     Obstruction of officers etc.
            
   80.     Offences generally
            
   81.     General penalty
            
   82.     Recovery of moneys
            
   83.     Prosecution expenses
            
   84.     Power to institute and conduct proceedings
            
   85.     Limitation period for offences
            
   86.     Liability of bodies corporate
            
   87.     Proof of certain matters
            
   88.     Evidence of documents issued by an energy operator
            
   120.    Energy operator to make good damage, and may be liable to pay compensation
            
   121.    Actions for damages, generally
            
   122.    Protection
            
   123.    Regulations
            
   124.     By-laws
            
   125.    Regulations or by-laws, generally
            
           Uncommenced provisions table
            
           Other notes
           Defined terms