Section 24
Entry during discontinuance of supply
(1)
Where -
(a)
a distribution licensee is authorised by this Act or its a electricity licence to disconnect or discontinue the supply of electricity to any premises;
(b)
a person occupying premises supplied with electricity by a distribution licensee ceases to require such a supply; or
(c)
a person entering into occupation of any premises previously supplied with electricity by a distribution licensee does not require such a supply, any person authorised in writing by the distribution licensee may at all reasonable hours, on production of some duly authenticated document showing his authority, enter the premises for the purposes of disconnecting the supply or removing any electrical plant, electric line or electricity meter, as the case may be.
(2)
Subject to section 28, the person so authorised by a distribution licensee shall not enter any dwelling-house in actual occupation without 6 hours previous notice to the occupier, unless the occupier has given his consent to the entry.