Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations

29 (1) Where a request is made pursuant to subsection 23(1) of the Act by a contractor or purchaser who is dissatisfied with the condition or registration of a meter, an inspector shall investigate the matter by means of one or more of the following procedures:

• (a) make inquiries of the contractor or purchaser who made the request and of any person who could reasonably be expected to have knowledge relevant to the matter;

• (b) examine any records referred to in section 16 or 17 of the Act that are relevant to the matter; and

• (c) test the meter that is the subject of the request, after reasonable notice to the contractor and the purchaser involved in the matter that the meter will be tested at a time and place specified in the notice and that the contractor and the purchaser may appear or be represented at the test.

(2) For the purposes of subsection 23(3) of the Act, the time in which a person may give notice to the inspector is 30 days after the date the certificate of findings referred to in that subsection was provided to that person.

(3) A notice referred to in subsection 23(3) of the Act shall state in writing the reason or reasons for dissatisfaction with the findings.