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(1) The supplier shall ensure that a facility for the purchase of credit for a prepayment meter is 

(a) established within a ten kilometer distance of the premises where the prepayment meter is installed, and

(b) open for a minimum of eight hours each day of the week.

(2) Where a supplier fails to  

(a) provide a facility for the purchase of credit in respect of a prepayment meter contrary to sub regulation (1)(a), or

(b) keep the facility for the purchase of credit in respect of a prepayment meter open for the specified duration contrary to sub regulation (1)(b), the supplier shall pay into the Energy Fund the sum prescribed in the Schedule.

(3) Despite sub regulation (2), a supplier shall pay into the Energy Fund the sum specified in the Schedule for each succeeding six months that the supplier fails to provide the credit paying facility center contrary to sub regulation (1)(a).