ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972

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ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 35



35.(1) The Ministry may, by order, provide

(a)that, where a meter is certified by a meter examiner under Article 34 after
the date specified in the order, that certification (if it has not previously
ceased to have effect) shall cease to have effect at the end of such period,
beginning with the date of the certification, as may be specified in the
order;

(b)that, where a meter is certified by a meter examiner under Article 34
before the date specified in the order, that certification (if it has not
previously ceased to have effect) shall cease to have effect either

(i)on that date, or

(ii)at the end of such period, beginning with the date of the certification,
as may be specified in the order,

(b)whichever is the later;

(c)that, notwithstanding paragraph 14(4) of Schedule 3, the making in a meter
of an alteration of a description specified in the order (being a description
of alteration appearing to the Ministry to be such as not to affect the
ascertainment of the amount of electricity supplied) shall not cause the meter
to cease to be certified by a meter examiner under Article 34;

(d)that, where a meter certified by a meter examiner under Article 34 is moved
in circumstances specified in the order, the certification of the meter shall
thereupon cease to have effect, notwithstanding that the move does not involve
any alteration of the meter.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of Article 11, the Ministry may give
directions to the Service

(a)as to the examination and testing of meters by the Service, by the use of
apparatus provided in accordance with Article 34(5), before submitting the
meters to a meter examiner for certification;

(b)as to the making of reports by the Service on meters examined and tested by
it, and as to the information to be included in the reports;

(c)as to the sealing and unsealing of meters and, in particular, as to the
custody and use of apparatus for sealing meters and the keeping of records in
connection therewith.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where a meter which is not a meter certified by
a meter examiner under Article 34 or the subject of a special agreement
between the consumer and the Service is installed for the purpose of
ascertaining the amount of electricity supplied before the date specified in
an order made by the Ministry

(a)that meter shall be deemed for all purposes to be a meter certified by a
meter examiner under Article 34; and

(b)the register of that meter shall be evidence, but, except where the
consumer has proceeded under paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 3 and there is a
final and binding decision under that paragraph, not conclusive evidence, of
the amount of electricity supplied.

(4) Paragraph (3) shall cease to apply to a meter

(a)at the time when it is first disconnected and removed after the date
mentioned in that paragraph; or

(b)at the end of such period as may be specified in an order made by the
Ministry,

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ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 35