Local Government Act 1919 Ordinance relating to electricity meters and penalties (1990-76) [GG No 21 of 9.2.1990] (NSW)

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1990 – NO. 76

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1919 – ORDINANCE
(Relating to electricity meters and penalties)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 21 of 9 February 1990]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Local Government Act 1919, has been pleased to make the Ordinance set forth hereunder.

DAVID HAY

Minister for Local Government.

Commencement

1. This Ordinance takes effect on 1 April 1990.

Amendments

2. Ordinance No. 54 under the Local Government Act 1919 is

amended:

(a)	by omitting from clause 16 (e) the word “servants” and by inserting instead the word “employees”;
(b)	by omitting from clause 16 (g) the matter “$10” and by inserting instead the matter “$20”;
(c)	by inserting at the end of clause 16 (j) the following paragraph: (k) Despite paragraph (j), if the Council has determined that

the interval at which meters are read will be greater than six monthly, the maximum period for assessment of the quantity of electricity estimated to have been supplied but not registered is 1 year.

1990 – NO. 76

(d)

by omitting from clause 17 the words “one hundred dollars” and by inserting instead the matter “$500”.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Ordin ance is to amend Ordinance No. 54 (Electricity Supply):

(a) to substitute a reference, by way of statute law revision, to Council servants with a reference to Council employees; and
(b) to increase the maximum fee for a meter test from $10 to $20; and
(c) to provide that, where a Council reads meters at a greater interval than 6 months, a maximum period of 1 year will apply within which an assessment of electricity supplied may be made in the case of malfunctioning meters or where no meter exists; and
(d) to increase the maximum penalty for commission of a breach of the Ordinance from $100 to $500.

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The object of this Ordin	ance is to amend Ordinance No. 54 (Electricity Supply):
(a)	to substitute a reference, by way of statute law revision, to Council servants with a reference to Council employees; and
(b)	to increase the maximum fee for a meter test from $10 to $20; and
(c)	to provide that, where a Council reads meters at a greater interval than 6 months, a maximum period of 1 year will apply within which an assessment of electricity supplied may be made in the case of malfunctioning meters or where no meter exists; and
(d)	to increase the maximum penalty for commission of a breach of the Ordinance from $100 to $500.