Electricity and Another Regulation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2013 (Qld)

Queensland Electricity and Another Regulation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2013 Subordinate Legislation 2013 No. 105 made under the Electricity Act 1994 Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 6 7 Part 3 8 9 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Amendment of s 84 (Price and charges for customer retail services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Replacement of s 125A (Condition about prescribed statements in residential customer accounts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 125A Prescribed statement for residential customer accounts .............................. 3 Omission of ch 6 (Queensland Gas Scheme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of sch 7 (Fees payable to regulator). . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulation 2009 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Amendment of sch 1 (Enabling Acts and provisions) . . . . . . . . . . 5

Electricity and Another Regulation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2013 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Electricity and Another Regulation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2013 . 2 Commencement (1) Section 5 commences on 1 July 2013. (2) Sections 4, 6 and 7 commence on 1 July 2014. (3) Part 3 commences on the date of assent of the EnergyandWater Legislation Amendment Act 2013 . Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 3 Regulation amended This part amends the Electricity Regulation 2006 . 4 Amendment of s 84 (Price and charges for customer retail services) (1) Section 84(2)(b)(i)— omit. (2) Section 84(2)(b)(ii) and (iii)— renumber as section 84(2)(b)(i) and (ii). 5 Replacement of s 125A (Condition about prescribed statements in residential customer accounts) Section 125A— Page 2 2013 SL No. 105

Electricity and Another Regulation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 5] omit, insert— 125A Prescribed statement for residential customer accounts (1) This section prescribes, for section 55GA(5) of the Act, definition carbon and renewable energy target cost statement , the statement to be included in an account issued by a retail entity to a residential customer during a financial year. (2) The following statement, complying with subsections (3) and (4), is prescribed for the account— ‘Qld Competition Authority estimates the Federal carbon price and renewable energy target add about $259 a year to a typical 6.3MWh household bill— (3) The statement must be displayed on an account in the following ways— (a) clearly and legibly; (b) in text of at least 12 points in size; (c) in the colour known as Pantone 186C. (4) The statement must also be displayed in a prominent position in the following places on or with an account— (a) if the account is printed and posted to a residential customer— (i) on the front of the first page on which the account is printed and on the outside of the envelope in which the account is posted; or (ii) on the front of each piece of paper on which the account is printed; (b) if the account is given to, or able to be accessed by, a residential customer in electronic form— 2013 SL No. 105 Page 3

Electricity and Another Regulation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2013 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 6] (i) on the first page of the account and in an electronic message containing the account or a link that can be opened to access the account; or (ii) on each odd-numbered page of the account; (c) otherwise—on each page of the account. (5) For subsection (4)(b) or (c), a page of an account prepared in electronic form is— (a) if the account is formatted to be displayed as, or printed on, A4-sized pages—each page of the account; or (b) a part of the account that, if the account was formatted to be displayed as, or printed on, A4-sized pages, would be a page of the account. 6 Omission of ch 6 (Queensland Gas Scheme) Chapter 6— omit . 7 Amendment of sch 7 (Fees payable to regulator) (1) Schedule 7, part 1, heading— omit . (2) Schedule 7, part 2— omit. Page 4 2013 SL No. 105

Electricity and Another Regulation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2013 Part 3 Amendment of Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulation 2009 [s 8] Part 3 Amendment of Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulation 2009 8 Regulation amended This part amends the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulation 2009 . 9 Amendment of sch 1 (Enabling Acts and provisions) Schedule 1, part 2, entry for Clean Energy Act 2008 — omit . ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 20 June 2013. 2 Notified in the gazette on 21 June 2013. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Energy and Water Supply. © State of Queensland 2013 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel 2013 SL No. 105 Page 5