Section 16: Responsibility of licensees

16. Responsibility of licensees (1) Every licensee shall— (a) maintain any installation, apparatus or premises relating to his licence in such condition as to enable it to provide safe, adequate and efficient electricity service; (b) subject to this Act, allow access to its installation, apparatus or premises only to those persons authorised by the licensee; (c) furnish the Authority with such reports, accounts and other information relating to its operations as the Authority may require; (d) comply with the terms and conditions attached to his licence; (e) comply with any written direction given to the licensee by the Authority in relation to the exercise of its rights and obligations under his licence; and (f) pay to the Authority such fees or charges as may be prescribed. (2) A licensee who enters into a contract for the supply of an electricity service or proposes to enter into a Power Purchase Agreement shall submit a copy of the contract or proposed agreement, as the case may be, to the Authority. (3) A licensee shall, in relation to a contract or an agreement referred to in subsection (2), submit such information as the Authority may deem necessary. (4) The Authority shall communicate its views and recommendations to the licensee not later than one month— (a) from the date on which the contract or Power Purchase Agreement was submitted to the Authority; or (b) from the date on which the licensee has submitted any additional information, where such information was required of the licensee, whichever is later. (5) Any recommendation made by the Authority under subsection (3) shall be binding on the licensee. E4 – 9 [Issue 2] Electricity Act 2005 (6) The validity of the contract or Power Purchase Agreement shall not be affected by reason only of the fact that the Authority has failed to communicate its recommendations within the period referred to in subsection (4). [S. 16 amended by s. 8 (b) of Act 27 of 2008 w.e.f. 10 September 2008.]