Electricity Industry (Network Quality and Reliability of Supply) Amendment Code 2009 (WA)

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ENERGY

EN301*

Electricity Industry Act 2004

Electricity Industry (Network Quality and

Reliability of Supply) Amendment Code 2009

Made by the Minister under section 39(2a)(a) of the Act.

1.            Citation

This is the Electricity Industry (Network Quality and Reliability of Supply) Amendment Code 2009.

2. Commencement
This code comes into operation as follows —

(a)	sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this code is published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the code — on the day after that day.

3.            Code amended

This code amends the Electricity Industry (Network Quality and
Reliability of Supply) Code 2005.

4.            Section 3 amended

In section 3(1) in the definition of interruption delete "customer concerned;" and insert:

In the heading to Part 3 delete to cu s to m ers-.

person to whom the electricity is supplied:

5. Section 11 amended
Before section 11(1) insert:

(1A) In this section —

customer includes an eligible person as defined in
section 16.

6.            Part 3 heading amended

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7.            Section 16 amended

(I) In section 16 delete the definition of eligible customer.

(2) In section 16 insert in alphabetical order:

eligible person means -

(a)	a customer who is supplied with electricity from a distribution system operated by a corporation and who consumes not more than 50 MWh of electricity per year; or
(b)	a person who -

(i)     at separately metered premises; or

(ii) metered premises, where the person

at premises, other than separately business,

is supplied with electricity from a distribution
system operated by a corporation and who
consumes not more than 50 MWh of electricity

per year;

separately metered premises means premises, or part
of premises, for which the supply of electricity is
metered separately under the Energy Operators

(Powers) Act 1979 section 62(5).

8. Section 20 amended
Delete section 20(2) and insert:

(2) Each premises or part of premises -

(a) that are separately metered premises; or

(b) where an eligible person principally resides or carries on a business,

are separate premises for the purposes of

subsection (1).

Note: The heading to amended section 20 is to read:

Only one application for each premises

9.           Section 21 amended

(1) In section 21(1) before customers" and insert:

persons who are

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(2) In section 21(2) and (3) delete "an eligible customer" and insert:

a customer

10.          Other provisions amended

Amend the provisions listed in the Table as set out in the Table.

Table

Provision Delete Insert

s. 17(1)(b), 18(a)	eligible customer	eligible person
s. 18, 19(1) and	the customer	the person
(2)(a), 22	(each occurrence)
s. 17(1)(b), 19(2)(b)	customer's	person's
s. 19(1)(a)	a customer	an eligible person

PETER COLLIER MLC, Minister for Energy.