# Electricity Act 1989, Paragraph 5


(1) Where, otherwise than in the exercise of a power conferred by regulations under section 29, premises have been disconnected by an electricity supplier or an electricity distributor, no person shall, without the consent of the supplier or, as the case may be, the distributor, restore the connection.
(2) A person who acts in contravention of this paragraph shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(3) A connection restored in contravention of this paragraph may be disconnected by the distributor to whose distribution system the connection is made or, if the original disconnection was carried out by an electricity supplier, by that supplier.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/6/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989/schedule-6/paragraph-5
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