Section 17
Duty of the Corporation to supply energy
of Perbadanan Pembekalan Letrik Sarawak Act 1983
Subject to subsection (2), insofar as it is able to do so in the area of supply of the Corporation as may be determined from time to time by the Minister, the Corporation shall supply energy to any person, other than a licensee, requiring a supply of energy (in this section referred to as a consumer), if such consumer undertakes to enter into a contract with the Corporation, giving such security as the
Corporation may require, to take, or continue to receive, and to pay for a supply of energy upon such terms and conditions as the
Corporation may determine.
(2)
The Corporation shall not supply energy to a consumer, other than the licensee, in any area which for the time being forms part of the area of supply of a licensee, except with the consent of such licensee:
Provided that where the consent of a licensee is required under this subsection and such licensee refuses or withholds such consent, the
Corporation may appeal to the Minister, and the Minister, if satisfied that the consent of such licensee is unreasonably refused or withheld, may dispense with such consent.
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(3)
For the purposes of the proviso to subsection (2), consent shall be deemed to be unreasonably refused or withheld if the licensee is not willing and able to supply the requisite energy upon reasonable terms and within a reasonable time, having regard, amongst other things, to the terms upon, and the time within which the Corporation is willing and able to supply such energy.