Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2009 (Qld)

Queensland Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2009 Subordinate Legislation 2009 No. 172 made under the ElectricityAct1994 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 18 (Notice to be given to public entity) . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 94 (Restrictions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Amendment of s 135 (Prescribed programs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Amendment of s 162 (Prescribed electrical equipment in sch 4, pt 1—labelling and registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Amendment of s 164 (Prescribed electrical equipment in sch 4, pt 3—registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Insertion of new s 166A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 166A Further restriction on sale of particular air conditioners ........................... 3 10 Amendment of sch 4 (Prescribed electrical equipment and relevant standards). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2009 [s 1] 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2009 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 September 2009. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Electricity Regulation 2006. 4 Amendment of s 18 (Notice to be given to public entity) Section 18(1)(a), ‘section’— omit, insert— ‘sections’. 5 Amendment of s 94 (Restrictions) Section 94(3), definition welding power source — omit, insert— ‘ welding power source means an electric arc welding power source that has— (a) a transformer for alternating current welding; or (b) a transformer-rectifier unit for direct current, or alternating current and direct current, welding.’. 6 Amendment of s 135 (Prescribed programs) Section 135(b)— omit, insert— ‘(b) the program under the document called the ‘National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Program Rules’ made by the National GreenPower Steering Group.’. Page 2 2009 SL No. 172

Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2009 [s 7] 7 Amendment of s 162 (Prescribed electrical equipment in sch 4, pt 1—labelling and registration) Section 162(3)— insert— ‘ Editor’s note — See also section 166A (Further restriction on sale of particular air conditioners).’. 8 Amendment of s 164 (Prescribed electrical equipment in sch 4, pt 3—registration) Section 164(3)— insert— ‘ Editor’s note — See also section 166A (Further restriction on sale of particular air conditioners).’. 9 Insertion of new s 166A Chapter 7, part 3— insert— ‘166A Further restriction on sale of particular air conditioners ‘(1) A person must not display for sale or sell a prescribed air conditioner unless its energy efficiency ratio is at least 2.9. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. ‘(2) This section expires on 31 August 2010. ‘(3) In this section— energy efficiency ratio , of a prescribed air conditioner, means its tested average energy efficiency ratio for cooling worked out under a standard for testing and rating for performance stated in AS/NZS 3823—Performance of electrical appliances—airconditioners and heat pumps, part 2 Energy labelling and minimum energy performance standard (MEPS) requirements. 2009 SL No. 172 Page 3

Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 3) 2009 [s 10] prescribed air conditioner means prescribed electrical equipment that is a single-phase or 3-phase air conditioner of the vapour compression type.’. 10 Amendment of sch 4 (Prescribed electrical equipment and relevant standards) (1) Schedule 4, part 1, item 1, column 2, from ‘part 1’— omit, insert— ‘part 1 Methods for measuring performance, energy and water consumption and part 2 Energy efficiency labelling requirements’. (2) Schedule 4, part 1, item 2, column 2, from ‘Dishwashers’— omit, insert— ‘Performance of household electrical appliances—dishwashers, part 1 Methods for measuring performance, energy and water consumption and part 2 Energy efficiency labelling requirements’. (3) Schedule 4, part 1, item 3, column 2, ‘minimum performance’— omit, insert— ‘minimum energy performance’. (4) Schedule 4, part 2, items 4 and 5, ‘AS/NZS’— omit, insert— ‘AS’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 27 August 2009. 2 Notified in the gazette on 28 August 2009. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation. Page 4 2009 SL No. 172

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