Electricity (Supply) Act 1927
Inspection of apparatus.
108.—(1) Any officer appointed by the Board or an authorised undertaker may at all reasonable times do all or any of the following things on any premises to which electricity is or has been supplied by the Board or such authorised undertaker (as the case may be) that is to say:—
(a) inspect the electric lines, meters, accumulators, fittings, works, and other apparatus for the supply of electricity belonging to the Board or such authorised undertaker, or connected directly or indirectly to any apparatus for the supply of electricity belonging to the Board or such authorised undertaker,
(b) ascertain the quantity of electricity consumed or supplied on those premises,
(c) when lawfully entitled so to do, cut off the supply of electricity from those premises,
(d) when lawfully entitled so to do, remove any electric lines, accumulators, fittings, works, or apparatus belonging to the Board or such authorised undertaker.
(2) Any such officer as aforesaid may at all reasonable times enter any premises to which electricity is or has been supplied by the Board or such authorised undertaker (as the case may be) for the purpose of doing any thing which he is authorised by this section to do on those premises.
(3) Whenever an officer of the Board or of an authorised undertaker exercises any of the powers conferred by this section, the Board or such authorised undertaker (as the case may be) shall repair all damage caused by the exercise of such powers.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
C85
Application of subs. (2) extended (21.12.1995) by Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (35/1995), s. 16(8)(b), commenced on enactment, as substituted (16.04.2012) by Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012 (3/2012), s. 5, S.I. No. 122 of 2012.
Entry into, and search of, premises where offence under section 15 is suspected
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(8) (a) The powers conferred by the preceding provisions of this section are not in substitution for any other powers standing conferred on an officer or employee of a body referred to in subsection (1), a member of the Garda Síochána or any other person by virtue of section 108 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1927 or any other enactment in force immediately before the passing of this Act, or of any rule of law.
(b) A person who enters any premises pursuant to subsection (2) of section 108 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1927 has the same power to seize anything referred to in subsection (3)(b)(v) which he or she finds on the premises in the course of exercising any power conferred on him or her by the said section 108 as an authorised officer has under subsection (3).
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