(1) Subject to this section, where a consumer defaults with respect to a payment due to the Company for electricity supplied, the Company may disconnect the supply of electricity to such consumer until such time as such payment and reconnection fee prescribed in Part B of Schedule 1 are paid.
(2) The Company may not discontinue the supply of electricity to any consumer unless —
(a) the consumer is given not less than 15 days previous written notice by the Company of its intention to do so; and
(b) the consumer has not during the period of notice required under paragraph (a) paid all sums due by him or her to the Company.
(3) Where the Company in accordance with subsection (1) discontinues the supply of electricity to a consumer the Company must reconnect the supply of electricity to the consumer within 24 hours after the arrears, and reconnection fee and any required deposit have been paid to the Company; but where the day for such reconnection falls on a Sunday or a public holiday, such reconnection must be effected on the next working day thereafter.
(4) Where over a period of 5 successive years a consumer has not suffered disconnection of his or her supply of electricity for failure to pay his or her proper charges, the Company must, upon written application, accompanied by his or her deposit receipt, by such consumer, pay to the consumer such interest as the deposit paid to the Company by such consumer would have earned over the period aforesaid if such deposit had been placed on a savings account in a commercial bank in Saint Lucia.
(5) This subsection does not affect the right of the deposit to continue to bear interest in accordance with this Act and the consumer to payment thereof in accordance with this subsection.