Electricity Supply (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

L.N. 132 of 2005

ENEMALTA ACT

(CAP. 272)

Electricity Supply (Amendment) Regulations, 2005

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 39 of the Enemalta

Act, Enemalta, with the approval of the Minister for Investment, Industry

and Information Technology and of the Minister for Resources and

Infrastructure, has made the following regulations>-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Electricity Supply Citation and

commencement.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2005 and they shall be read and construed

as one with the Electricity Supply Regulations, 1939 hereinafter referred G.N.223 of 1940.

to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into

force on the 1 st January, 2005.

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 72 of the principal regulations Amends regulation

72 of the principal

shall be substituted as follows>

regulations.

“(1) Accounts shall be made for such period or periods

as Enemalta may determine either generally or with respect

to any or more consumers or classes of consumers and shall

be presented and collected at the address to which they refer

unless arrangements are made for their delivery at any other

address, in which case payment shall be made at the office>

Provided that the Corporation may request provisional

payment on account from any consumer. Such provisional

payments shall be calculated on the basis of>

(i) the estimated average daily consumption of the

consumer< or

(ii) the estimated average daily consumption of

consumers of a similar class as that consumer>

Provided further that the interval between such requests

for provisional payment may not be less than one month and

the Corporation, on a request made by a consumer, may

modify such requests for provisional payment in the light of

the circumstances of the particular case.”.

Regulations 73 of the principal regulations shall be substituted

as follows>

“73. If an account or a request for payment, duly

presented to a consumer, is not paid within fourteen days of

its presentation, or if the deposit required in terms of regulation

8 of these regulations is not made within fourteen days of the

request, the supply of current to any account held by the said

consumer may be suspended without any previous notice

being given.”.

The First Schedule to the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows>

a) immediately after item (v) thereof there shall be added the

following>

“(vi) A fuel surcharge at the rate of 17% on the net

billed consumption of water and electricity during a

determined period>

Provided that the surcharge shall not apply in the case

of consumers satisfying the criteria established by paragraph

(4) of item (v).

(vii) Tariffs mentioned in this schedule shall be deemed

to be inclusive of Value Added Tax.”.

The Second Schedule to the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows>

a) immediately after item (2) thereof there shall be added

the following>

“(3) A fuel surcharge, at the rate of 17%, on the net

billed consumption of water and electricity during a

determined period>

Provided that in the case of electricity supplied to Hotels

and Guesthouses as defined in item (2) such surcharge shall

not exceed the following amounts>

(a) where the water and electricity consumption

does not exceed or is equal to LM10,000 per annum the

applicable surcharge will in no case exceed LM1,500

per annum<

(b) where the water and electricity consumption

exceeds LM10,000 per annum but does not exceed or is

equal to LM20,000 per annum the applicable surcharge

will in no case exceed LM2,000 per annum<

(c) where the water and electricity consumption

exceeds LM20,000 per annum but does not exceed or is

equal to LM30,000 per annum the applicable surcharge

will in no case exceed LM3,000 per annum<

(d) where the water and electricity consumption

exceeds LM30,000 per annum but does not exceed or is

equal to LM40,000 per annum the applicable surcharge

will in no case exceed LM4,000 per annum<

(e) where the water and electricity consumption

exceeds LM40,000 per annum but does not exceed or is

equal to LM50,000 per annum the applicable surcharge

will in no case exceed LM5,000 per annum<

(f) where the water and electricity consumption

exceeds LM50,000 per annum but does not exceed or is

equal to LM100,000 per annum the applicable surcharge

will in no case exceed LM6,000 per annum<

(g) where the water and electricity consumption

exceeds LM100,000 per annum but does not exceed or

is equal to LM150,000 per annum the applicable

surcharge will in no case exceed LM7,000 per annum<

(h) where the water and electricity consumption

exceeds LM150,000 per annum the applicable surcharge

will in no case exceed LM8,000 per annum.

(4) Tariffs mentioned in this Schedule shall be deemed

to be exclusive of Value Added Tax.”.

The Fourth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Amends

Schedule to the

amended by adding immediately after item (11) thereof the following> principal

regulations.

“(12) A fuel surcharge, at the rate of 17% on the net

billed consumption of water and electricity during a

determined period>

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Provided that in the case of factories the applicable

surcharge shall not exceed the amount of LM5,000 per annum.

(13) Tariffs mentioned in this Schedule shall be deemed

to be exclusive of Value Added Tax.”.

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