Electricity Industry (Wholesale Electricity Market) Amendment Regulations 2020 (WA)

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ENERGY

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Electricity Industry Act 2004

Electricity Industry (Wholesale Electricity

Market) Amendment Regulations 2020

SL 2020/202

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Electricity Industry (Wholesale

Electricity Market) Amendment Regulations 2020.

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. Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Electricity Industry (Wholesale

Electricity Market) Regulations 2004.

4.           Regulation 3 amended

In regulation 3 insert in alphabetical order:

(a)	in paragraph (b) delete "made." and insert:
made; and

Coordinator has the meaning given in the Energy
Coordination Act 1994 section 3(1);

5.           Regulation 7 amended

In regulation 7(3):

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(b)	after paragraph (b) insert:
(c) rules must be approved by the Minister before they are made if they —

(i)     amend, repeal or replace market rules to confer functions or impose requirements on the Coordinator; or

(ii)

amend, repeal or replace market rules requirements on the Coordinator.

6.           Regulation 12C inserted

After regulation 12B insert:

12C. Functions of Coordinator

(1)	The market rules may confer functions and impose requirements on the Coordinator.
(2)	The Coordinator is responsible for the development, in accordance with the market rules, of amendments of and replacements for the market procedures, to the extent to which the procedures relate to the Coordinator's functions.

7.           Regulation 21 amended

(1)	In regulation 21(1) delete "Authority or the Rule Change Panel)" and insert:
Authority, the Rule Change Panel or the Coordinator)

(2) In regulation 21(2):

(a) in paragraph (c) delete "rules." and insert:

rules; and

(b)	after paragraph (c) insert:
(d) costs identified by the Coordinator as costs incurred in the performance of the functions of the Coordinator under these regulations or the market rules.

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8.           Regulation 51 amended

In regulation 51:

(a) in paragraph (f) delete "Board." and insert:

Board;

(b)	after paragraph (f) insert:
(g) the Coordinator.

V. MOLAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.