Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Regulation 2017 (ACT)

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Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Regulation 2017   

SL2017-15

made under the

Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011

Republication No 2

Effective:  14 September 2017

Republication date: 8 November 2017

Last amendment made by A2017‑35
(republication for retrospective amendments


by A2017‑35)

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Regulation 2017, made under the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 8 November 2017It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 14 September 2017. 

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at type="disc">

  • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

  • unauthorised republications.

  • The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

    Editorial changes

    The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

    This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

    Uncommenced provisions and amendments

    If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register ( For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

    Modifications

    If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

    Penalties

    At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

    Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Regulation 2017

    made under the

    Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011

    Contents

    Page

    1            Name of regulation  2

    2            Prescribed areas—Act, dict, def Australian capital region, par (b)           2

    3            When surrender notice takes effect—matters to consider—Act, s 14 (4)     3

    Endnotes

    1            About the endnotes  4

    2            Abbreviation key  4

    3            Legislation history  5

    4            Amendment history  6

    5            Earlier republications  6

    Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Regulation 2017

    made under the

    Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011

    1. Name of regulation

      This regulation is the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Regulation 2017.

    2. Prescribed areas—Act, dict, def Australian capital region, par (b)

      (1)Areas for which the following councils have been constituted are prescribed:

      (a)Bega Valley Shire Council;

      (b)Eurobodalla Shire Council;

      (d)Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council;

      (c)Goulburn Mulwaree Council;

      (e)Hilltops Council;

      (f)Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council;

      (g)Snowy Monaro Regional Council;

      (h)Snowy Valleys Council;

      (i)Upper Lachlan Council;

      (j)Yass Valley Council.

      (2)In this section:

      area—see the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), dictionary.

      council—see the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), dictionary.

    3. When surrender notice takes effect—matters to consider—Act, s 14 (4)

      The following matters are prescribed:

      (a)the objectives of the Act;

      (b)any deed of FiT entitlement that has been executed;

      (c)how long the Territory is likely to take to obtain another source of electricity that is—

      (i)generated from a renewable energy source; and

      (ii)equivalent in quantity to the source to which the FiT entitlement relates.

    Endnotes

    1. About the endnotes

      Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

      Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.

      Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law.  The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history.  Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

      If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering. 

      The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

    2. Abbreviation key

    A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
    AF = Approved form o = order
    am = amended om = omitted/repealed
    amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
    AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
    ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
    CN = Commencement notice pres = present
    def = definition prev = previous
    DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
    dict = dictionary pt = part
    disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
    Assembly reloc = relocated
    div = division renum = renumbered
    exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
    Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
    hdg = heading s = section/subsection
    IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
    ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
    LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
    LR = legislation register sub = substituted
    LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
    mod = modified/modification or to be expired
    1. Legislation history

      This regulation was made as part of the Planning, Building and Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (No 2) (see A2017-20, s 8) and is taken to have been made under the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011 A2011-56 (see s 26 (1) as ins by A2017-20, s 7).

      Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Regulation 2017 SL2017-15

      taken to have been notified LR 15 June 2017 (A2011-56 s 26 (3) (a) as ins by A2017-20 s 7)
      s 1 commenced 15 June 2017 (LA s 75 (1))
      remainder taken to have commenced 16 June 2017 (A2011-56 s 26 (3) (b) as ins by A2017-20 s 7)

      as amended by

      Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Amendment Act 2017 A2017-35 pt 3

      notified LR 8 November 2017
      s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 14 September 2017 (LA s 75 (2))
      pt 3 taken to have commenced 14 September 2017 (s 2 (1))

    2. Amendment history

      When surrender notice takes effect—matters to consider—Act, s 14 (4)

      s 3ins A2017‑35 s 11

    3. Earlier republications

      Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order. 

      Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical.

    Republication No and date Effective Last amendment made by Republication for
    R1
    16 June 2017
    16 June 2017–
    13 Sept 2017
    not amended new regulation
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