Electricity Supply (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2014

L.N. 308 of 2014

ENEMALTA (TRANSFER OF ASSETS, RIGHTS,

LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS) ACT

(CAP. 536)

MALTA RESOURCES AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 423)

Electricity Supply (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2014

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 9 and 16 of the

Enemalta (Transfer of Assets, Rights, Liabilities and Obligations)

Act, and article 28(1) of the Malta Resources Authority Act, the

Minister for Energy and Health, after consultation with the Malta

Resources Authority, and Enemalta plc, with the approval of the

Malta Resources Authority, have made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Electricity Supply Citation.

(Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2014, and these regulations shall be

read and construed as one with the Electricity Supply Regulations, S.L. 423.01

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 88 of the principal regulations shall be Amends

regulation 88 of

amended as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

in paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (1) thereof, for

the words "equivalent to 10% of the amount" there shall be

substituted the words "equivalent to 200% of the amount"; and

(b)

immediately after the second proviso to sub-

regulation (2) thereof, there shall be added the following new

sub-regulations

"(3) In the event that an offender is a repeat

offender in that the said person had been on a previous

occasion already found by Enemalta according to the

provisions of this regulation to be responsible for theft of

electricity or of having obtained an unlawful supply of

electricity, on the second offence the settlement charge to

make good for any potential damages suffered by

Enemalta shall amount to twice the charge which would

have been due had the said offence been the first offence.

(4) In the event that an offender is a repeat

offender in that the said person had been on at least two

previous occasions already found by Enemalta according

to the provisions of this regulation to be responsible for

theft of electricity or of having obtained an unlawful

supply of electricity, the settlement charge to make good

for any potential damages suffered by Enemalta shall

amount to the charge which would have been due had the

said offence been the first offence multiplied by the

number of times that the offender was found responsible

for theft of electricity or of having obtained an unlawful

supply of electricity as aforesaid.".

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