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Electricity Industry (Penalty Regime) Amendment Regulations 2024

S.R. No. 104/2024

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation  Page

1Objective

2Authorising provision

3Definitions

4Schedule 1 amended

5Schedule 2 substituted

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Endnotes

STATUTORY RULES 2024

S.R. No. 104/2024

Electricity Industry Act 2000

Electricity Industry (Penalty Regime) Amendment Regulations 2024

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:

Dated: 8 October 2024

Responsible Minister:

LILY D'AMBROSIO
Minister for Energy and Resources

SAMUAL WALLACE

Clerk of the Executive Council

1Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Electricity Industry (Penalty Regime) Regulations 2022—

(a)to further prescribe provisions of the Electricity Industry Act 2000 as civil penalty requirements for the purposes of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001; and

(b)to further prescribe provisions of the Electricity Industry Act 2000 as tier 1 civil penalty requirements; and

(c)to prescribe provisions of the Land Access Code of Practice as tier 1 civil penalty requirements and tier 2 civil penalty requirements.

2Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 119 of the Electricity Industry Act 2000.

3Definitions

In regulation 4 of the Electricity Industry (Penalty Regime) Regulations 2022[1] insert the following definition—

'Land Access Code of Practice means the Code of Practice made under section 47(1) of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 and entitled "Land Access Code of Practice";'.

4Schedule 1 amended

For items 8 and 9 in the Table of Schedule 1 to the Electricity Industry (Penalty Regime) Regulations 2022 substitute—

"8. Section 40SE(1).
9. Section 40SG(1).
10. Section 40SG(2).
11. Section 40SG(3).
12. Section 40SG(4).
13. Section 40SH(1).
14. Section 40SH(2).
15. Section 40SI(1).
16. Section 40SI(2).
17. Section 40SJ(1).
18. Section 40SJ(2).
19. Section 40SJ(3).
20. Section 40SJ(4).
21. Section 40SJ(5).
22. Section 40SK(1).
23. Section 40SK(2).
24. Section 40SK(3).
25. Section 43A(3).".

5Schedule 2 substituted

For Schedule 2 to the Electricity Industry (Penalty Regime) Regulations 2022 substitute—

Schedule 2—Prescribed civil penalty amounts"

Regulations 6 and 7

Table 1—Tier 1 civil penalty requirements

Column 1

Item No.

Column 2

Provision
Electricity Industry Act 2000
1. Section 35(3A).
2. Section 40SE(1).
3. Section 40SG(1).
4. Section 40SG(2).
5. Section 40SG(3).
6. Section 40SG(4).
7. Section 40SH(1).
8. Section 40SH(2).
9. Section 40SI(1).
10. Section 40SI(2).
11. Section 40SJ(1).
12. Section 40SJ(2).
13. Section 40SJ(3).
14. Section 40SJ(4).
15. Section 40SJ(5).
16. Section 40SK(1).
17. Section 40SK(2).
18. Section 40SK(3).
19. Section 43A(3).
Statutory licence conditions under the Electricity Industry Act 2000
20. Section 23A(1).
21. Section 23C(1).
22. Section 28(1).
23. Section 35(1).
24. Section 35C(1).
25. Section 40B(1).
26. Section 40EA(2).
27. Section 40EB(1).
28. Section 40FH(2).
29. Section 40MD.
30. Section 40ME(1).
31. Section 43(1).
32. Section 43(3).
33. Section 46C.
Orders made under the Electricity Industry Act 2000
34. Section 13(1).
35. Section 40D(1).
36. Section 40E(1).
Energy Retail Code of Practice
37. Clause 26(4).
38. Clause 26(5).
39. Clause 27(1).
40. Clause 29(5).
41. Clause 30(2).
42. Clause 85(8).
43. Clause 103(1).
44. Clause 104(1).
45. Clause 113(1).
46. Clause 120(1).
47. Clause 125(1).
48. Clause 125(2).
49. Clause 129(3).
50. Clause 130(2).
51. Clause 130(5).
52. Clause 130(6).
53. Clause 131(2).
54. Clause 131(3).
55. Clause 132(1).
56. Clause 135(1).
57. Clause 138(1).
58. Clause 138(2).
59. Clause 138(3).
60. Clause 139(1).
61. Clause 139(2).
62. Clause 139(5).
63. Clause 141(1).
64. Clause 143(1).
65. Clause 144(1).
66. Clause 144(2).
67. Clause 144(3).
68. Clause 145(1).
69. Clause 146(2).
70. Clause 146(3).
71. Clause 146(4).
72. Clause 146(5).
73. Clause 146(6).
74. Clause 146(7).
75. Clause 146(8).
76. Clause 149(1).
77. Clause 150(1).
78. Clause 150(4).
79. Clause 150(6).
80. Clause 151(1).
81. Clause 152(1).
82. Clause 153(1).
83. Clause 154(1).
84. Clause 154(2).
85. Clause 155(1).
86. Clause 157(1).
87. Clause 158(1).
88. Clause 159(1).
89. Clause 160(1).
90. Clause 160(2).
91. Clause 164(1).
92. Clause 164(2).
93. Clause 165(1).
94. Clause 165(2).
95. Clause 167(1).
96. Clause 182(4).
97. Clause 191(1).
98. Clause 192(1).
99. Clause 193(1).
Electricity Distribution Code of Practice
100. Clause 1.5.2.
101. Clause 3.3.1.
102. Clause 3.4.1.
103. Clause 5.2.1.
104. Clause 5.2.2.
105. Clause 5.3.1.
106. Clause 8.4.
107. Clause 8.6.2.
108. Clause 8.9.1.
109. Clause 9.2.1.
110. Clause 9.2.3.
111. Clause 9.3.
112. Clause 11.3.1.
113. Clause 11.3.2.
114. Clause 11.5.1.
115. Clause 11.5.6.
116. Clause 11.5.8.
117. Clause 11.6.1.
118. Clause 11.7.1.
119. Clause 11.8.1.
120. Clause 12.2.1.
121. Clause 12.2.2.
122. Clause 12.3.1.
123. Clause 12.4.1.
124. Clause 12.4.2.
125. Clause 12.4.3.
126. Clause 12.5.1.
127. Clause 12.5.2.
128. Clause 12.5.3.
129. Clause 12.5.7.
130. Clause 12.6.
131. Clause 12.7.1.
132. Clause 12.7.2.
133. Clause 12.7.3.
134. Clause 12.7.4.
135. Clause 12.7.5(a).
136. Clause 12.7.5(c).
137. Clause 12.7.5(e).
138. Clause 12.7.5(f).
139. Clause 12.7.5(j).
140. Clause 13.3.1.
141. Clause 15.2.1.
142. Clause 15.2.3.
143. Clause 15.3.
144. Clause 16.3.2.
145. Clause 16.4.1.
146. Clause 16.4.2.
147. Clause 16.5.1.
148. Clause 16.5.2.
149. Clause 16.7.1.
150. Clause 16.7.2.
151. Clause 17.2.1.
152. Clause 17.2.2.
153. Clause 19.2.1.
154. Clause 19.5.2.
155. Clause 19.5.5.
156. Clause 20.4.1.
157. Clause 20.4.4.
158. Clause 20.4.5.
159. Clause 20.4.7.
160. Clause 20.4.8.
161. Clause 20.6.1.
162. Clause 20.6.2.
163. Clause 20.7.1.
164. Clause 20.8.1.
165. Clause 20.10.1.
166. Clause 20.11.
167. Clause 21.3.
168. Clause 21.4.1.
169. Clause 21.4.3.
170. Clause 21.5.2.
171. Clause 21.5.3.
172. Clause 21.6.
173. Clause 21.7.1.
174. Clause 21.7.2.
175. Clause 21.8.
176. Clause 21.9.
177. Clause 22.2.
178. Clause 22.3.
179. Clause 23.2.1.
180. Clause 23.2.2.
181. Clause 24.2.1.
182. Clause 25.7.
183. Clause 25.10.1.
184. Clause 25.10.2.
Land Access Code of Practice
185. Clause 5.2.1.
186. Clause 5.2.2.
187. Clause 5.4.1.
188. Clause 5.4.2.
189. Clause 6.1.1.
190. Clause 6.2.1.
191. Clause 6.2.2.
192. Clause 7.1.1.
193. Clause 7.2.2.
194. Clause 7.2.4.
195. Clause 7.3.1.
196. Clause 7.3.4.
197. Clause 9.1.1.
198. Clause 9.2.1.
199. Clause 9.3.1.
200. Clause 9.4.1.
201. Clause 9.5.1.
202. Clause 11.1.1.
203. Clause 11.1.2.
204. Clause 13.6.2

Table 2—Tier 2 civil penalty requirements

Column 1

Item No.

Column 2

Provision
Electricity Industry Act 2000
1. Section 40FG(2).
2. Section 40MAA(2).
3. Section 40N(1).
4. Section 40N(2).
5. Section 40NA(1).
6. Section 40NA(2).
Statutory licence conditions under the Electricity Industry Act 2000
7. Section 35A.
8. Section 35D(1).
9. Section 36A(1).
10. Section 40D(1AA).
11. Section 40FF(1).
12. Section 40FG(3).
13. Section 40FJ(1).
14. Section 40G(1).
Energy Retail Code of Practice
15. Clause 8(1).
16. Clause 8(2).
17. Clause 12(1).
18. Clause 13(1).
19. Clause 13(2).
20. Clause 13(3).
21. Clause 13(4).
22. Clause 14(1).
23. Clause 16(1).
24. Clause 16(2).
25. Clause 16(3).
26. Clause 24(1).
27. Clause 26(2)(b).
28. Clause 26(3)(a).
29. Clause 26(3)(b).
30. Clause 30(1).
31. Clause 31(1).
32. Clause 33(1).
33. Clause 38(1).
34. Clause 38(2).
35. Clause 38(3).
36. Clause 38(6).
37. Clause 39(1).
38. Clause 39(2).
39. Clause 39(3).
40. Clause 39(4).
41. Clause 39(5).
42. Clause 40(1).
43. Clause 40(3).
44. Clause 40(4).
45. Clause 40(5).
46. Clause 40(6).
47. Clause 40(7).
48. Clause 40(8).
49. Clause 40(9).
50. Clause 40(10).
51. Clause 40(11).
52. Clause 40(12).
53. Clause 41(1).
54. Clause 41(2).
55. Clause 44(1).
56. Clause 45(1).
57. Clause 46(3).
58. Clause 47(2).
59. Clause 48(1).
60. Clause 48(2).
61. Clause 49(1).
62. Clause 50(1).
63. Clause 50(2).
64. Clause 51(2).
65. Clause 51(5).
66. Clause 52(1).
67. Clause 53(1).
68. Clause 54(1).
69. Clause 54(3).
70. Clause 57(1)(a).
71. Clause 57(2).
72. Clause 59(1).
73. Clause 59(4).
74. Clause 59(6).
75. Clause 59(7).
76. Clause 59(8).
77. Clause 59(10).
78. Clause 59(11).
79. Clause 59(12).
80. Clause 59(13).
81. Clause 59(14).
82. Clause 60(1).
83. Clause 62(1).
84. Clause 63(1).
85. Clause 65(1).
86. Clause 66(1).
87. Clause 69(1).
88. Clause 69(2).
89. Clause 69(3).
90. Clause 69(5)(a).
91. Clause 69(7)(b).
92. Clause 69(8).
93. Clause 70(2)(a).
94. Clause 70(2)(b).
95. Clause 70(2)(c).
96. Clause 70(2)(d).
97. Clause 70(3).
98. Clause 71(1).
99. Clause 71(2).
100. Clause 71(3).
101. Clause 72(1).
102. Clause 72(3).
103. Clause 72(4).
104. Clause 72(5).
105. Clause 75(2).
106. Clause 75(3).
107. Clause 75(4).
108. Clause 76(1).
109. Clause 77(1)(b).
110. Clause 80(1).
111. Clause 81(1).
112. Clause 82(1).
113. Clause 84(1).
114. Clause 85(1).
115. Clause 85(2).
116. Clause 85(3).
117. Clause 85(4).
118. Clause 85(5).
119. Clause 85(6).
120. Clause 86(3).
121. Clause 87(1).
122. Clause 88(1).
123. Clause 89(1).
124. Clause 89(2).
125. Clause 89(3).
126. Clause 90(1).
127. Clause 90(2).
128. Clause 92(2).
129. Clause 92(3).
130. Clause 92(4).
131. Clause 92(5).
132. Clause 93(1).
133. Clause 94(2).
134. Clause 94(4).
135. Clause 95(1).
136. Clause 96(1).
137. Clause 97(5).
138. Clause 97(6).
139. Clause 98(1).
140. Clause 98(2).
141. Clause 98(3).
142. Clause 99(1).
143. Clause 100(2).
144. Clause 102(1).
145. Clause 102(2).
146. Clause 106(1).
147. Clause 107(1).
148. Clause 107(2).
149. Clause 108(1).
150. Clause 108(3).
151. Clause 109(1).
152. Clause 110(1).
153. Clause 110(2).
154. Clause 110(3).
155. Clause 110(4).
156. Clause 112(1).
157. Clause 112(2).
158. Clause 114(1).
159. Clause 115(1).
160. Clause 119(1).
161. Clause 119(2).
162. Clause 119(3).
163. Clause 119(4).
164. Clause 119(5).
165. Clause 176(2).
166. Clause 176(4).
Electricity Distribution Code of Practice
167. Clause 3.3.2.
168. Clause 4.2.1.
169. Clause 4.3.1.
170. Clause 4.4.1.
171. Clause 4.4.2.
172. Clause 5.4.1.
173. Clause 5.4.2.
174. Clause 8.2.1.
175. Clause 8.5.1.
176. Clause 8.5.2.
177. Clause 8.6.1.
178. Clause 8.8.1.
179. Clause 8.8.2.
180. Clause 9.2.2.
181. Clause 9.4.4.
182. Clause 11.4.1.
183. Clause 11.4.2.
184. Clause 11.5.3.
185. Clause 13.2.1.
186. Clause 13.2.3.
187. Clause 13.3.2.
188. Clause 13.3.3.
189. Clause 14.3.1.
190. Clause 14.3.2.
191. Clause 14.3.4.
192. Clause 14.4.
193. Clause 14.5.1.
194. Clause 14.5.2.
195. Clause 14.5.5.
196. Clause 14.6.1.
197. Clause 14.7.1.
198. Clause 14.8.1.
199. Clause 14.8.2.
200. Clause 14.8.3.
201. Clause 14.8.4.
202. Clause 18.2.1.
203. Clause 18.2.2.
204. Clause 18.2.3.
205. Clause 18.3.
206. Clause 19.3.1.
207. Clause 19.3.3.
208. Clause 19.4.1.
209. Clause 19.4.7.
210. Clause 19.6.1.
211. Clause 23.2.3.
212. Clause 23.2.4.
213. Clause 24.2.2.
214. Clause 25.2.1.
215. Clause 25.2.2.
216. Clause 25.2.3.
217. Clause 25.2.4.
218. Clause 25.3.1.
219. Clause 25.3.3.
220. Clause 25.4.1.
221. Clause 25.4.3.
222. Clause 25.5.1.
223. Clause 25.5.2.
224. Clause 25.6.2.
225. Clause 25.8.
226. Clause 25.9.
Land Access Code of Practice
227. Clause 5.1.1.
228. Clause 5.3.1.
229. Clause 5.3.2.
230. Clause 5.4.3.
231. Clause 5.4.5.
232. Clause 5.4.6.
233. Clause 7.1.2.
234. Clause 7.1.3.
235. Clause 7.1.4.
236. Clause 7.4.3.
237. Clause 9.6.1.
238. Clause 9.6.2.
239. Clause 9.6.3.
240. Clause 12.1.1.
241. Clause 12.1.2.
242. Clause 13.1.1.
243. Clause 13.2.1.

244.

Clause 13.2.2.

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ENDNOTES


[1] Reg. 3: S.R. No. 55/2022 as amended by S.R. No. 83/2023.

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