Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015 (WA)

Western Australia

Electricity Corporations Act 2005

Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015

Western Australia

Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015 Contents Electricity Corporations Act 2005

Electricity Corporations Act 2005

Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation)Regulations 2015

1.Citation

These regulations are the Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015.

[Regulation 1 amended: SL 2021/1 r. 4.]

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

• (a)

  regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;

• (b)

  the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.Supply of gas to parts of the State not served by South West interconnected system

The Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation is authorised under section 37(5) of the Act to perform its function of supplying gas under section 35(b)(i) of the Act in all parts of the State not served by the South West interconnected system.

4.Providing stand‑alone power systems within distribution licence area

• (1)

  In this regulation —

distribution licence has the meaning given in the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 3(1);

distribution licence area means the area specified, as at regulation commencement day, under the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 5 in the distribution licence held by the Electricity Networks Corporation;

regulation commencement day means the day on which the Electricity Corporations (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation Area of Operation) Amendment Regulations 2021 regulation 5 comes into operation;

stand‑alone power system has the meaning given in the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 3(1).

• (2)

  The Electricity Networks Corporation is authorised under section 43(3) of the Act to perform its function of providing stand‑alone power systems under section 41(ba) of the Act in the part of the State that is its distribution licence area.

[Regulation 4 inserted: SL 2021/1 r. 5.]

5.Transmission and distribution outside area of operations in relation to relevant Aboriginal communities (Act s. 52(4))

• (1)

  In this regulation —

relevant Aboriginal community means any of the following Aboriginal communities as defined in the Aboriginal Communities Act 1979 section 3 —

• (a)

  Barrel Well;

• (b)

  Kardaloo (Wandanooka);

• (c)

  Kurrawang;

transmission and distribution functions means the functions set out in section 50(b), (g) and (j) of the Act.

• (2)

  The Regional Power Corporation is authorised under section 52(4) of the Act to perform transmission and distribution functions in respect of electricity systems in the part of the State served by the South West interconnected system in relation to the transportation of electricity for consumption on premises that are —

  • (a)

    owned, occupied or leased by, or by the members of, a relevant Aboriginal community; or

  • (b)

    used solely or principally for the purposes of a relevant Aboriginal community.

[Regulation 5 inserted: SL 2023/79 r. 4.]

Notes

This is a compilation of the Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Citation	Published	Commencement
Electricity Corporations (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation Area of Operation) Regulations 2015 1	20 Oct 2015 p. 4293	r. 1 and 2: 20 Oct 2015 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 21 Oct 2015 (see r. 2(b))
Electricity Corporations (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation Area of Operation) Amendment Regulations 2021	SL 2021/1 15 Jan 2021	r. 1 and 2: 15 Jan 2021 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 16 Jan 2021 (see r. 2(b))
Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Amendment Regulations 2023	SL 2023/79 20 Jun 2023	r. 1 and 2: 20 Jun 2023 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 21 Jun 2023 (see r. 2(b))

Other notes

1         Now known as the Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015; citation changed (see note under r. 1).

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

distribution licence..................................................................................................... 4(1)

distribution licence area............................................................................................. 4(1)

regulation commencement day................................................................................. 4(1)

relevant Aboriginal community................................................................................ 5(1)

stand-alone power system......................................................................................... 4(1)

transmission and distribution functions.................................................................. 5(1)