Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2004 (WA)

Electricity Corporation Act 1994

Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations

(No. 2) 2004

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Electricity Distribution
Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2004.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which
Part 9 of the Electricity Industry Act 2004 comes into operation.

3.             The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Electricity
Distribution Regulations 1997*.

[* Published in Gazette 1 July 1997, p. 3335-406.

For amendments to 15 June 2004 see Western Australian Legislation Information Tables for 2003, Table 4, p. 89.]

4.             Regulation 3 amended

Regulation 3 is amended by inserting in the appropriate
alphabetical positions the following definitions —
“

“market member” has the meaning given to that term

in regulation 4 of the Electricity Industry
(Wholesale Market) Regulations 2004;

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“South West interconnected system” has the

meaning given to that term in section 3 of the

Electricity Industry Act 2004;

”.

5.             Regulation 23 amended

Regulation 23 is amended by deleting paragraph (e), and “and” after it, and inserting instead —

“

(e) the “permitted tolerance” for a group of connections is —

(i)      an amount expressed in kWh equal to 3% of the relevant amount in respect of the group of connections; or

(ii)      in a case where —

(I)	the distribution access agreement is for transporting electricity any of which is derived from a renewable energy source; and
(II)	the user was a party to an agreement of that kind when the Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2004 commenced,

1500 kWh;

and

”.

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6.             Regulations 24 to 27 amended

(1) Regulations 24, 25, and 27 are each amended by repealing
subregulation (1aa) and inserting instead the following
subregulation —

“

(1aa) This regulation does not apply to a user’s distribution
access agreement for transporting electricity using any
part of the South West interconnected system during a
period for which the user is a market member.

”.

(2) Regulation 26 is amended by repealing subregulation (1aa) and
inserting instead the following subregulation —

“

(1aa) This regulation does not apply to a user whose
distribution access agreement is for transporting
electricity using any part of the South West
interconnected system during a period for which the
user is a market member.

”.

7.             Regulation 25 further amended

Regulation 25(1)(a) is amended by deleting “LFXExiti” and inserting instead —

“ LFTXExiti ”.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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