Electricity Act (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

ELECTRICITY ACT

As in force at 15 March 2000

Table of provisions [if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&#160;</span>TOC \o &#34;1-9&#34; <span style='mso-element: field-separator'></span><![endif] — Preliminary1 — Short title2 — Commencement3 — Definitions3A — Exemption of minesPart II — The Northern Territory Electricity Authority14 — Powers of Authority15 — Entry on land16 — Entry onto, &c., roadsPart III — Electrical inspectors19 — Electrical inspectors20 — Duties of inspectorPart IV — Electrical installation and equipment21 — By-laws may control electrical equipment22 — Electrical equipment may be inspected and tested23 — A person may request an inspection24 — Person may request Authority to test meterPart V — Appointment of licensees25 — Authority may appoint licenseesPart VI — By-laws26 — By-lawsPart VII — Offences27 — Sale of electricity28 — Penalty for tampering with meter, &c.29 — Unlawful use of Authority's, &c., electricity, &c.Part VIII — Charges for electricity30 — Charges for supply of electricity30A — Reticulation of electricity to electricity supply distribution extension area31 — Authority may assessPart IX — Miscellaneous32 — Authority not liable in certain circumstances38 — Act binds the Crown39 — Regulations40 — TransitionalENDNOTES NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

This reprint shows the Act as in force at 15 March 2000.  Any amendments that commence after that date are not included.

ELECTRICITY ACT

An Act to control the generation and the safe use of electricity

Part IPreliminary 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Electricity Act.

2Commencement

This Act shall come into operation on 1 July 1978.

3Definitions

In this Act unless the contrary intention appears:

Authority means the Power and Water Authority established by section 4 of the Power and Water Authority Act.

Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency allotted responsibility for the administration of section 19 under an Administrative Arrangements Order.

electrical equipment includes any wire, cable, appliance, motor, transformer, apparatus, fitting, extension cord, insulator, connector plug, socket, switch, meter or other device, thing or material or any part thereof which is intended, designed or suggested for use in the generation, storage, reticulation or consumption of electricity.

electrical installation includes any appliances, wires, fittings or other apparatus used for the generation, storage, reticulation or consumption of electricity but does not include any appliances, wires, fittings or apparatus connected to or beyond any electrical outlet socket which is installed for the purpose of connecting portable electrical appliances and at which socket fixed wiring terminates.

employee has the same meaning as in the Public Sector Employment and Management Act.

inspector means an electrical inspector appointed under this Act.

licensee means a person who generates and sells electricity under an agreement between him and the Authority under Part V.

3AExemption of mines

Parts III and IV of this Act do not apply to a mine within the meaning of the Mine Management Act.

Part IIThe Northern Territory Electricity Authority 14Powers of Authority

• (4)

  The Authority may, at the expense of a consumer, install electrical reticulation equipment on the premises of the consumer upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the Authority and the consumer.

• (5)

  The Authority or a licensee with the consent of the Authority may enter into agreements with persons permitting those persons to re-sell electricity supplied by the Authority or the licensee, as the case may be.

15Entry on land

• (1)

  A person authorized by the Authority to act under this section or an inspector may, at all reasonable times, with or without workmen under his supervision, enter upon any land or premises:

  • (a)

    to which electricity is being, has been or will be supplied by the Authority or a licensee, or through which electricity of the Authority is being or has been conducted, for the purposes of inspecting, testing, obtaining information from, repairing, replacing or removing any electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing, the property of the Authority;

  • (b)

    on which electricity is capable of being generated or to which electricity is being, has been or will be supplied by a person other than the Authority for the purposes of inspecting and testing any electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing used in the generation, storage, reticulation or consumption of electricity; or

  • (c)

    from which equipment or things that are used in the generation, reticulation or consumption of electricity are sold for the purposes of inspecting and testing that equipment or those things.

• (2)

  A person who enters upon land or premises in pursuance of subsection (1) is not authorized to remain on the land or premises if, on request by the occupier of the land or premises, he does not produce:

  • (a)

    his electrical inspector’s identification card;

  • (b)

    a certificate in writing in a form approved by the Authority stating that he is authorized by the Authority to act under this section; or

  • (c)

    where the person is a workman, the person supervising the workman does not produce:

    • (i)

      the supervisor’s electrical inspector’s identification card; or

    • (ii)

      a certificate in writing in a form approved by the Authority stating that the supervisor is authorized by the Authority to act under this section.

• (3)

  A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct a person acting in accordance with this section.

  Penalty:          $1,000.

16Entry onto, &c., roads

• (1)

  Subject to this section the Authority may, in the exercise of its powers, enter upon any road and subject to its carrying out adequate safety precautions, temporarily close the road for the purposes of carrying out construction of, maintenance on or repairs to apparatus, equipment or thing used in the reticulation of electricity by causing:

  • (a)

    fences or barriers to be erected on or across the road or a part of the road; and

  • (b)

    a notice to be published in the Gazette at least 7 days before the road is to be temporarily closed, prohibiting the passage of vehicles, horses and cattle over the road or part of the road described in that notice.

• (2)

  Where, by reason of an emergency, it is impracticable for the Authority to cause the notice to be published at least 7 days before the road is to be temporarily closed, the Authority may temporarily close the road or part of the road by causing barriers to be erected on or across the road or part of the road and causing warning signs to be erected at a reasonable distance from the boundaries of the closed section of the road.

• (3)

  A person shall not unlawfully remove, deface or wilfully destroy a warning sign, fence or barrier erected in pursuance of this section.

  Penalty:          $1,000.

• (4)

  The Authority may temporarily close a road or a part of a road under subsection (2) for a maximum period of 14 days.

• (5)

  Where the Authority exercises its powers under subsection (2) it shall report the temporary closure within 7 days of the commencement of the closure to the Minister.

Part IIIElectrical inspectors 19Electrical inspectors

• (1)

  The Chief Executive Officer may appoint an employee having qualifications prescribed by the by-laws to be an electrical inspector.

• (2)

  The Chief Executive Officer may appoint an inspector appointed under the Mine Management Act, who is, in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer, suitably qualified, to be an electrical inspector.

• (3)

  The Chief Executive Officer may revoke the appointment of an electrical inspector.

• (4)

  A person appointed under this section shall be issued with an identification card by the Chief Executive Officer in a form approved by the Chief Executive Officer.

20Duties of inspector

• (1)

  An inspector shall:

  • (a)

    inspect or test, as required by the Chief Executive Officer, any electrical installation, apparatus, equipment, implement or thing used or capable of being used in the generation, storage, reticulation or consumption of electricity;

  • (b)

    examine and test electricity meters; and

  • (c)

    perform such other duties as are required of him by the Chief Executive Officer.

• (2)

  An inspector shall produce his electrical inspector’s identification card when reasonably requested to do so by a person who owns, or has in his possession, any electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing which the inspector has requested to be produced for inspection or testing in pursuance of a power under this Act.

• (3)

  An inspector shall, at the request of the Electrical Workers and Contractors Licensing Board within the meaning of the Electrical Workers and Contractors Act, report to that Board on the electrical workmanship of any person.

Part IVElectrical installation and equipment 21By-laws may control electrical equipment

The Authority may make by-laws prohibiting the sale or exposure or advertising for sale or hire of any class, description or type of wire, cable, appliance, fitting, meter, insulator, apparatus, equipment or thing which is intended, suggested or designed for use in the generation, storage, reticulation or consumption of electricity or otherwise intended, suggested or designed for use in any electrical installation.

22Electrical equipment may be inspected and tested

• (1)

  The Authority may, from time to time, cause any electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing used in the generation, storage, reticulation or consumption of electricity to be inspected and tested for the purpose of determining whether that electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing can be used with safety.

• (2)

  Where the Authority is satisfied that any electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing cannot be used with safety, it may by order, prohibit the use or sale of that installation, apparatus, equipment or thing, as the case may be, until such time as the Authority is satisfied that it is no longer unsafe.

• (3)

  Where any electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing referred to in subsection (1) consists of several component parts, the Authority, if it is satisfied that it is safe to do so, may order that a part of that installation, apparatus, equipment or thing, as the case may be, be used or sold while prohibiting the use or sale of another component part.

• (4)

  The Authority may, in an order issued under this section, specify a reasonable period of time in which the owner or such other person who may have possession or control of the electrical installation has to repair or otherwise make safe the electrical installation, or the part of it, specified in the order.

• (5)

  The Authority may, upon or after the expiration of the period specified in an order issued under this section cause an electrical installation or a part of the electrical installation to be disconnected where that electrical installation or part of it, which had been specified in the order, is found to be unsafe.

• (6)

  A person shall not knowingly use an electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing, or suffer or permit it to be used, in contravention of an order made under this section.

  Penalty:          $1,000 or 12 months imprisonment.

• (7)

  A person shall not sell an electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing, or suffer or permit it to be sold, in contravention of an order under this section.

  Penalty:          $1,000 or 12 months imprisonment.

23A person may request an inspection

• (1)

  A person may request the Authority to test an electrical installation, apparatus, equipment or thing owned by or under the control of that person and that is used in the generation, storage, reticulation or consumption of electricity.

• (2)

  The Authority may charge a prescribed fee for an inspection made pursuant to a request made under subsection (1).

24Person may request Authority to test meter

• (1)

  Where a person requests the Authority to do so, upon payment of the prescribed fee the Authority shall test a meter which is used by the Authority or an agent of the Authority to determine the quantity of electricity consumed by that person.

• (2)

  Where the meter tested under subsection (1) is found to be accurate, the fee deposited pursuant to subsection (1) shall be forfeited to the Authority.

• (3)

  Where the meter tested under subsection (1) is found to be inaccurate, the fee deposited pursuant to that subsection shall be refunded to the person who made the request.

Part VAppointment of licensees 25Authority may appoint licensees

• (1)

  The Authority may appoint a person who is a party to an agreement with the Authority as a licensee to generate, store, reticulate and sell electricity for use in an area.

• (2)

  A licensee may sell electricity in accordance with the terms of his agreement with the Authority.

• (3)

  Where a licensee breaches a term or condition of an agreement referred to in this section, the Authority may cancel the agreement and withdraw the licence without further notice.

Part VIBy-laws 26By-laws

• (1)

  The Authority may make by-laws not inconsistent with this Act for those matters specifically referred to in this Act and further may make by-laws:

  • (c)

    for prescribing the conditions of orders made under section 22;

  • (e)

    for prescribing and regulating standards of safety in construction, operation, maintenance and use of electrical installations, apparatus, equipment or thing used in the generation, storage, reticulation and consumption of electricity;

  • (f)

    for regulating the supply of, including connection to and disconnection from, electricity supplied by the Authority or an agent of the Authority; and

  • (g)

    for providing for penalties not exceeding $500 for a breach of the by-laws.

• (2)

  The by-laws may adopt any standard code or procedure laid down by the Standards Association of Australia or any other authority approved by the Authority in relation to the construction, maintenance or operation of plant or machinery, the carrying out of processes or any other matter or thing within the functions of the Authority and thereupon compliance with the relevant provisions of this Act or the by-laws or of any order under this Act.

• (3)

  In adopting a standard code or procedure under subsection (2), the by-laws may adopt it subject to such modifications, conditions or restrictions as are prescribed in the by-laws.

Part VIIOffences 27Sale of electricity

• (1)

  Subject to this Act, a person shall not sell electricity.

  Penalty:          $2,000.

• (2)

  The Authority may sell electricity.

• (3)

  A licensee may sell electricity subject to the terms of the agreement entered into between him and the Authority.

• (4)

  Where the Authority enters into an agreement with a person for the re-sale of electricity, the person may re-sell the electricity subject to the terms of the agreement.

• (5)

  A person may sell electricity to the Authority.

28Penalty for tampering with meter, &c.

A person who:

• (a)

  wilfully or fraudulently:

  • (i)

    injures or suffers to be injured an electric line or any pillar, post, lamp, meter, sealing device, fitting, insulator, apparatus or works connected with or relating to the generation, storage, reticulation or consumption of electricity by the Authority or a licensee of the Authority;

  • (ii)

    alters the index of a meter; or

  • (iii)

    prevents a meter from duly registering the quantity of electricity supplied; or

• (b)

  fraudulently abstracts, causes to be wasted or diverted, consumes or uses electricity supplied by the Authority or a licensee of the Authority,

is guilty of an offence and is liable upon being found guilty to a penalty of $1,000 or imprisonment for 12 months.

29Unlawful use of Authority's, &c., electricity, &c.

• (1)

  A person shall not:

  • (a)

    use, consume, waste or divert electricity generated by the Authority or a licensee; or

  • (b)

    use any electrical installation, equipment, apparatus or thing owned by the Authority or a licensee,

  except with the consent of the Authority or a licensee.

  Penalty:          $1,000.

• (2)

  A person who is found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) shall, for each such offence, forfeit and pay to the Authority or a licensee, as the case may be, such sum as the court considers reasonable by way of damages.

• (3)

  Subsection (2) shall not affect any other right or remedy for the protection of the Authority, the licensee or the punishment of the offender.

• (4)

  The existence of artificial means for causing the alteration of the index of a meter, or for preventing a meter from duly registering the quantity of electricity supplied, or for abstracting, wasting, diverting or using electricity supplied by the Authority or the licensee, when the meter is in the custody or control of the consumer, is prima facie evidence that the alteration, prevention, abstraction, waste, diversion, consumption or use, as the case may be, has been fraudulently, knowingly and wilfully caused by the consumer.

Part VIIICharges for electricity 30Charges for supply of electricity

• (1)

  The Minister may, from time to time, by notice in the Gazette, fix or vary the charges that are payable to the Authority or a licensee for or in relation to the supply of electricity and, in the same or a subsequent notice, may specify the method by which a charge shall be calculated in respect of a charge period during which the charges are fixed or varied.

• (2)

  A notice under subsection (1) may specify different charges for or in relation to the supply of electricity for different uses, different users or classes of users, in different localities or in different circumstances.

• (3)

  A person to whom electricity is supplied or a service is provided by the Authority or a licensee is liable to make payment to the Authority or the licensee, as the case may be, in accordance with a notice under subsection (1).

• (4)

  The foregoing provisions of this section apply to all charges payable to the Authority or a licensee for or in relation to the supply of electricity except to the extent that a contract or agreement in writing, entered into by the Authority in pursuance of its powers under the Power and Water Authority Act, expressly otherwise provides.

30AReticulation of electricity to electricity supply distribution extension area

• (1)

  The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare an area to be an electricity supply distribution extension area.

• (2)

  Where, under subsection (1), the Minister declares an area to be an electricity supply distribution extension area, the owner of each parcel of land within that area is liable to pay to the Authority in respect of that land, in accordance with a determination under section 15(2)(c) of the Power and Water Authority Act, and an agreement, if any, entered into by him with the Authority, relating to the conditions upon or subject to which electricity will be supplied by the Authority for consumption on the land, the amount prescribed in that determination, notwithstanding that the owner does not elect to have electricity supplied by the Authority for consumption on that land.

• (3)

  The balance from time to time outstanding of an amount prescribed in a determination referred to in subsection (2) is an overriding statutory charge, within the meaning of the Real Property Act, on the parcel of land.

• (4)

  The owner of a parcel of land who is liable as referred to in subsection (2) shall not transfer the land to another person unless he has first paid to the Authority the amount of that liability outstanding at the date of the transfer and, for the purposes of calculating that liability, any amount payable in accordance with the determination or agreement referred to in that subsection shall become due and payable in full immediately before the proposed transfer notwithstanding that, but for this subsection, it would not become due and payable until a later date.

• (5)

  In this section, parcel of land means the whole of the land the subject of a separate certificate as to title registered under the Real Property Act.

31Authority may assess

• (1)

  Where:

  • (a)

    electricity is supplied to a consumer otherwise than through a meter;

  • (b)

    the meter through which electricity is supplied to a consumer is found to be inaccurate, otherwise not functioning properly or has been destroyed or damaged; or

  • (c)

    the Authority or a licensee is prevented from reading a meter which records the amount of electricity consumed,

  the Authority may assess the amount of electricity used by the consumer and the consumer is thereupon liable to pay at the rates prescribed for the amount of electricity so assessed.

• (2)

  The Authority may delegate by instrument in writing its power under this section.

• (3)

  A power delegated under this section may be exercised by the delegate in accordance with the instrument of delegation, and, when so exercised, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been exercised by the Authority.

• (4)

  A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not prevent the exercise of the power by the Authority.

Part IXMiscellaneous 32Authority not liable in certain circumstances

• (1)

  The Authority or a licensee of the Authority shall not be liable for damages arising out of a failure to supply electricity.

• (2)

  The Authority shall not be liable for damages for supplying electricity by an irregular or fluctuating voltage.

38Act binds the Crown

This Act binds the Crown.

39Regulations

• (1)

  The Administrator may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

• (2)

  Regulations may provide for penalties not exceeding $500 for breach of the Regulations.

40Transitional

• (1)

  Notwithstanding the repeal of the Electricity Supply Regulations any agreement existing immediately before that repeal between a consumer and the Administrator under those regulations shall continue in force as though the agreement had been made with the Authority.

• (2)

  All rights and liabilities under an agreement referred to in subsection (1) shall continue in force as though the Electricity Supply Regulations had not been repealed.

   

ENDNOTES

• 1

  KEY

Key to abbreviations

 

amd = amended od = order

app = appendix om = omitted

bl = by-law pt = Part

ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule

cl = clause rem = remainder

div = Division renum = renumbered

exp = expires/expired rep = repealed

f = forms s = section

Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule

hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision

ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation

lt = long title sub = substituted

nc = not commenced

• 2

  LIST OF LEGISLATION

Electricity Commission Ordinance 1978 (Act No. 27, 1978)
Assent date	20 June 1978
Commenced	1 July 1978 (s 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 1978 (Act No. 95, 1978)
Assent date	5 September 1978
Commenced	5 September 1978
Electricity Commission Act 1979 (Act No. 79, 1979)
Assent date	13 July 1979
Commenced	13 July 1979
Electricity Commission Act (No. 2) 1979 (Act No. 101, 1979)
Assent date	10 September 1979
Commenced	12 October 1979 (s 3, s 2 Public Service Act (No. 2) 1979 Act No. 102, 1979 and Gaz G41, 12 October 1979, p 6)
Electricity Commission Act (No. 3) 1979 (Act No. 120, 1979)
Assent date	15 October 1979
Commenced	15 October 1979
Remuneration (Statutory Bodies) Act 1979 (Act No. 9, 1980)
Assent date	14 January 1980
Commenced	8 February 1980 (Gaz G6, 8 February 1980, p 6)
Electricity Commission Amendment Act 1980 (Act No. 13, 1981)
Assent date	14 January 1980
Commenced	26 June 1981 (s 3, s 2 Mines Safety Control Ordinance 1976 Act No. 3, 1977 and Gaz S7, 26 June 1981)
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1981 (Act No. 63, 1981)
Assent date	20 July 1981
Commenced	20 July 1981
Electricity Commission Amendment Act 1981 (Act No. 77, 1981)
Assent date	21 September 1981
Commenced	21 September 1981
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 4) 1981 (Act No. 4, 1982)
Assent date	12 February 1982
Commenced	12 February 1982
Electricity Commission Amendment Act 1982 (Act No. 6, 1982)
Assent date	29 March 1982
Commenced	29 March 1982
Electricity Commission Amendment Act 1985 (Act No. 17, 1985)
Assent date	26 May 1985
Commenced	4 July 1985 (Gaz S33, 4 July 1985)
Public Service and Statutory Authorities Amendment Act 1985 (Act No. 28, 1985)
Assent date	26 June 1985
Commenced	26 June 1985
Electricity Commission Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985 (Act No. 42, 1985)
Assent date	18 September 1985
Commenced	18 September 1985
Electricity Commission Amendment Act 1986 (Act No. 30, 1986)
Assent date	19 September 1986
Commenced	19 September 1986
Electricity Commission Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986 (Act No. 73, 1986)
Assent date	30 December 1986
Commenced	30 December 1986
Electricity Commission Amendment Act 1987 (Act No. 21, 1987)
Assent date	25 June 1987
Commenced	1 July 1987 (s 2, s 2 Power and Water Authority Act 1987 (Act No. 20, 1987 and Gaz S48, 29 June 1987)
Electricity Amendment Act 1988 (Act No. 37, 1988)
Assent date	14 September 1988
Commenced	14 September 1988
Statute Law Revision Act 1989 (Act No. 60, 1989)
Assent date	2 October 1989
Commenced	2 October 1989
Real Property (Consequential Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 33, 1991)
Assent date	25 June 1991
Commenced	1 October 1991 (Gaz S49, 1 October 1991)
Statute Law Revision Act 1993 (Act No. 6, 1993)
Assent date	18 March 1993
Commenced	18 March 1993
Public Sector Employment and Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act No. 28, 1993)
Assent date	30 June 1993
Commenced	1 July1993 Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 (Act No. 11, 1993) and Gaz S53, 29 June 1993)
Electricity Amendment Act 1993 (Act No. 33, 1993)
Assent date	19 August 1993
Commenced	19 August 1993
Real Property (Statutory Charges Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act No. 77, 1993)
Assent date	23 November 1993
Commenced	1 October 1994 (s 2, s 2 Real Property Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993 (Act No. 76, 1993 and Gaz G37, 14 September 1994, p 2)
Power and Water Authority Amendment Act 1994 (Act No. 6, 1994)
Assent date	16 March 1994
Commenced	13 May 1994 (Gaz S33, 13 May 1994)
Sentencing (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 (Act No. 17, 1996)
Assent date	19 April 1996
Commenced	s 7: 19 April 1996; rem: 1 July 1996 (s 2, s 2 Sentencing Act 1995 (Act No. 39,1995 and Gaz S15, 13 June 1996)
Electricity Amendment Act 1999 (Act No. 41, 1999)
Assent date	31 August 1999
Commenced	15 March 2000 (Gaz G10, 15 March 2000, p 4)

• 3

  SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

s 5 Electricity Commission Amendment Act 1985 (Act No. 17, 1985)

• 4

  LIST OF AMENDMENTS

lt                       amd No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 21, 1987, s 4

s 1                     amd No. 58, 1978, s 4; No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 21, 1987, s 5

s 2                     amd No. 13, 1981, s 7

s 3                     amd No. 101, 1979, s 4; No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 63, 1981, s 2; No. 21, 1987, s 6; No. 28, 1993, s 3; No. 6, 1994, s 7; No. 41, 1999, s 3

s 3A                   ins No. 13, 1981, s 4

amd No. 6, 1993, s 8

pt II hdg             amd No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 4                     amd No. 101, 1979, s 5; No. 13, 1981, s 7

rep No. 21, 1987, s 7

s 5                     amd No. 120, 1979, s 3; No. 9, 1980, s 6; No. 28, 1985, s 9

rep No. 21, 1987, s 7

s 6                     amd No. 28, 1985, s 9

rep No. 21, 1987, s 7

ss 7 – 11            rep No. 21, 1987, s 7

s 12                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7

rep No. 21, 1987, s 7

s 13                   amd No. 79, 1979, s 3; No. 4, 1982, s 3

rep No. 21, 1987, s 7

s 14                   amd No. 79, 1979, s 4; No. 101, 1979, s 6; No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 4, 1982, s 3; No. 30, 1986, s 2; No. 21, 1987, ss. 7 and 8

s 15                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 16                   amd No. 14, 1981, s 7; No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 17                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 63, 1981, s 2

rep No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 18                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7

rep No. 21, 1987, s 7

ss 18A – 18D     ins No. 73, 1986, s 3

rep No. 21, 1987, s 7

s 19                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 5; No. 21, 1987, s 8; No. 6, 1993, s 8; No. 28, 1993, s 3; No. 41, 1999, s 4

s 20                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 21, 1987, s 8; No. 41, 1999, s 5

s 21                   amd No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 22                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 4, 1982, s 3; No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 23                   and No. 95, 1979, s 10; No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 24                   amd No. 4, 1982, s 3; No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 25                   amd No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 26                   amd No. 13, 1981, ss. 6 and 7; No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 27                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 28                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 4, 1982, s 3; No. 21, 1987, s 8; No. 17, 1996, s 6

s 29                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7; No. 21, 1987, s 8; No. 17, 1996, s 6

s 30                   amd No. 77, 1981, s 2

sub No. 6, 1982, s 3

amd No. 21, 1987, s 8; No. 37, 1988, s 2; No. 33, 1993, s 2

s 30A                 ins No. 17, 1985, s 4

amd No. 21, 1987, s 8; No. 60, 1989, s 6; No. 33, 1991, s 7; No. 77, 1993, s 5

s 31                   amd No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 31A                 ins No. 28, 1985, s 9

amd No. 42, 1985, s 2

rep No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 32                   amd No. 120, 1979, s 4; No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 33                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7

rep No. 21, 1987, s 8

ss 34 – 36          rep No. 21, 1987, s 8

s 37                   amd No. 13, 1981, s 7

rep No. 21, 1987, s 8

ss 38 – 39          amd No. 13, 1981, s 7

s 40                   amd No. 21, 1987, s 8