s 9 Licence required for use of installations: terms, conditions and contents of licences
(1) Subject to such exemptions as may be prescribed, no person, other than a supply authority, shall— (a) use, work or operate or permit to be used, worked or operated any installation; or (b) supply to or for the use of any other person electricity from any installation, except under and in accordance with the terms of a licence expressly authorizing the supply or use, as the case may be. (2) Licences may be granted by the Commission with the approval of the Minister upon payment of such fees and upon such conditions as appear to be requisite or expedient having regard to the duties imposed by section 4. (2A) The Commission may, whether a notice has been served or not, levy a surcharge for the late payment of fees due to from a licensee to the Commission, at a rate of one per cent per month or part of a month on such fees or at any other rate as may be prescribed. (3) No licence shall be capable of being transferred unless the written consent of the Minister has been given. (4) Licences may be for such periods as the Commission may in each several case approve: Provided that no licence shall without the express approval of the Minister be for a period exceeding twenty-one years. (5) The duration of any licence shall be set out therein. (6) Any licence for a public installation shall set out— (a) the area of supply; (b) the declared voltage and the variations permitted there from; (c) the maximum charges payable by consumers; and (d) such other matters as the Commission may consider necessary.