1- The terms and expressions defined in the Electricity Law and the Implementing Regulation shall have the same meanings in this Regulation unless the context requires otherwise.

2- The following terms and expressions, wherever mentioned in this Regulation, shall have the meanings indicated next to each of them, unless the context requires otherwise:

Regulation: Regulation for the Control and Proof of Violations of the Provisions of the Electricity Law and their Adjudication.

Committees: Committees for reviewing violations of the provisions of the Electricity Law and their adjudication, formed by a decision of the Board of Directors of the Authority referred to in paragraph (2) of Article (Nineteen) of the Law.

President: President of any of the committees.

Violation: Any violation of the provisions of the Law, regulations, license conditions, or exemption.

Violator: Any person who commits any violation or causes it to be committed, whether as a principal actor, contributor, or responsible for the actions of his subordinate who committed the violation during the performance of his work.

Service Provider: Any person holding a valid license issued by the Authority authorizing him to engage in the activity of distributing electricity and selling it by retail.

Competent Administration: The entity within whose scope of responsibility the violation occurred.

Tampering: Any action on the meter measuring electricity service consumption or its accessories that affects the accuracy of its reading or benefits from the services in an unlawful manner.

Inspector: Appointed by a decision of the Governor of the Authority to control, investigate, and prove violations of the provisions of the Law.

Severe Effects of the Violation: Any violation that results in or is likely to result in harm to public safety, or the security and stability of the electrical system, or is expected to have a wide-ranging impact.

The Authority monitors compliance with the provisions of the law, regulations, and conditions of licenses or permits or exemptions. Upon noticing any violation, the Authority assigns inspectors to investigate it, requests the information or justifications needed, prepares a report documenting the fact if proven, and refers all documents related to the violation to the Secretariat of the Committees.

The service provider shall remove the violation and repair the resulting damage after completing the documentation procedures, and refer the violation and the claim for repair costs and the benefit lost by the facility to the authority to complete the necessary legal procedures regarding it.

The inspector sends the server process mentioned in Article (8) of this regulation to the person attributed with the violation by any available electronic means or by registered mail - and the notice of the server process is delivered to the nearest police station if the location of the person attributed with the violation is unknown to deliver it to the addressee -, and a period of no less than five (5) working days is specified to present his statements or objections and respond to what is stated in the server process, and the procedures taken by him to address the fact - if any -, and all documents of the violation are referred to the administration within whose jurisdiction the violation occurred, after the specified period in the notice of the server process has ended.

The competent authority - when the fact is referred to it - may comment on the fact or on any statements or objections made by the person attributed with the violation, with reference to any documents or papers that support or deny it. After the inspector receives the competent authority's comment - if any - he shall refer all violation documents to the Secretariat of the Committees. If the competent authority finds from the recorded facts that no violation has occurred, it may archive the fact's documents and inform the inspector of the justified reasons for archiving.