Malaysia legislation

Section 40

of ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015

Section 40

Section 53 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

in paragraph (i), by deleting the words “the form and contents of licences and the conditions to be prescribed,” and the words “licences and”;

(ii)

in paragraph (l), by substituting for the words

“wiring contractors” the words “private wiring unit, electrical contractor, electrical services contractor, electrical repair contractor,”;

(iii)

in paragraph (xa), by deleting the word “and” at the end of the paragraph; and

(iv)

by inserting after paragraph (xa) the following paragraphs:

“(xb) the standards, specification, practices and measures to be adopted and any other matters relating to power quality;

(xc)

matters relating to metering, prepaid metering, metering infrastructure, telemetering, equipment, electrical product and consumer electrical equipment;

(xd)

matters relating to use of supply line for the purposes of communications as set out under section 44a;

(xe) in respect of the import and manufacture of consumer electrical equipment, the registration of importers and manufacturers and conformity assessment bodies pertaining to the consumer electrical equipment, training and examination center or institution and to prescribe fees for such registration;

(xf) matters relating to the Electricity Industry

Fund;

(xg) matters relating to the licensing under the Act;

(xh) all functions, duties and responsibilities of the System Operator and the Single

Buyer;

(xi)

the revision of the safety management plan and safety management programme and for the audit of the licensee and non-domestic installation owner or operator;

(xj) the fees payable in respect of efficient use of electricity by equipment and approval thereof;

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(xk) matters relating to registration of person providing service relating to efficient use of electricity and the payment of fees for processing application and registration;

(xl)

matters and period of time for keeping of records and documents; and”; and

(b)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

by substituting for the words “five thousand” the words “twenty thousand”; and

(ii)

by substituting for the words “one year” the words

“two years”.

Amendment of section 54