S.L. 545.1 Art. 66Accounts.

(1) Accounts shall be made for such period or periods as the distribution system operator may determine either generally or with respect to any or more consumers or classes of consumers and shall be presented and collected at the address to which they refer unless arrangements are made for their delivery at any other address, in which case payment shall be made at the office:

Provided that the distribution system operator may request provisional payment on account from any consumer. Such provisional payments shall be calculated on the basis of:

(i) the estimated average daily consumption of the consumer; or

(ii) the estimated average daily consumption of consumers of a similar class as that consumer:

Provided further that the interval between such requests for provisional payment may not be less than one month and the distribution system operator, on a request made by a consumer, may modify such requests for provisional payment in the light of the circumstances of the particular case.

(2 For the purposes of computing any account to be issued to a consumer, fractions of less than one cent in the total amount due by the consumer shall not be considered. (3 Without prejudice to regulation 67, interest at the rate of 0.75% per month, calculated daily, shall be charged to consumers on all amounts due irrespective of the period to which the bill refers if the claim is not settled within forty-five days of the date specified in the bill: Provided that for all amounts still due at the expiry of the aforementioned forty-five days interest will only be charged for the final thirty days of that period and for each additional thirty days, or part thereof.