Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 1999 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1999 No. 141 Electricity Act 1994 ELECTRICITY AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 4) 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 248N (Where electricity restriction applies) . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Amendment of s 248P (Where electricity restriction applies) . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Amendment of s 248R (Where electricity restriction applies) . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 Replacement of s 294 (Approval to connect for generation plant of certain State electricity entities installed immediately before 1 January 1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 Insertion of new s 341C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 341C Exemption for Ergon Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Replacement of s 354 (When part expires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 354 When part expires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s7 Electricity Amendment (No. 4) No. 141, 1999 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Electricity Amendment Regulation (No. 4) 1999 . ˙ Commencement 2. Sections 4 to 7 commence on 30 June 1999. ˙ Regulation amended 3. This regulation amends the Electricity Regulation 1994 . ˙ Amendment of s 248N (Where electricity restriction applies) 4. Section 248N, ‘the Far North Queensland Electricity Corporation’— omit, insert— ‘Ergon Energy’. ˙ Amendment of s 248P (Where electricity restriction applies) 5. Section 248P, ‘the Far North Queensland Electricity Corporation’— omit, insert— ‘Ergon Energy’. ˙ Amendment of s 248R (Where electricity restriction applies) 6. Section 248R, ‘the North Queensland Electricity Corporation’— omit, insert— ‘Ergon Energy’. ˙ Replacement of s 294 (Approval to connect for generation plant of certain State electricity entities installed immediately before 1 January 1995) 7. Section 294—

s8 3 s9 Electricity Amendment (No. 4) No. 141, 1999 omit, insert— ‘ Approval to connect for generation plant of certain State electricity entities installed immediately before 1 January 1995 ‘ 294.(1) Ergon Energy has a special approval authorising it to connect the generating plant installed before 1 January 1995 and vested in Capricornia Electricity Corporation, Far North Queensland Electricity Corporation or North Queensland Electricity Corporation as at 1 January 1995 to the transmission grid or supply network to which the generating plant was connected on 1 January 1995. ‘ (2) Section 27(a) and (c) 1 of the Act applies to Ergon Energy acting under the special approval as if it were a generation entity.’. ˙ Insertion of new s 341C 8. Chapter 8, part 1, division 1— insert— ˙ ‘ Exemption for Ergon Energy ‘ 341C.(1) The regulator is exempted from sections 196A and 197(2) and (5) 2 of the Act in relation to an application for a distribution authority by Ergon Energy and the issue of the authority. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) applies only for the purposes of a distribution authority issued to Ergon Energy for commencement on 30 June 1999.’. ˙ Replacement of s 354 (When part expires) 9. Section 354— omit, insert — ˙ ‘ When part expires ‘ 354. This part expires on 31 December 1999.’. 1 Section 27 (Conditions of generation authority) of the Act 2 Sections 196A (Publication about application for distribution authority) and 197 (Consideration of application of authority) of the Act

s 10 4 s 10 Electricity Amendment (No. 4) No. 141, 1999 ˙ Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary) 10. Schedule 8— insert— ‘ “Ergon Energy” means Ergon Energy Corporation Limited (ACN 087 646 062).’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 24 June 1999. 2. Notified in the gazette on 25 June 1999. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Mines and Energy. © State of Queensland 1999