New South Wales Electricity Legislation Amendment
Act 1995 No 18
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Amendment of Electricity Commission Act 1950 No 22 2 4 Amendment of Electricity Transmission Authority Act 1994 No 64 2 Amendment of Sydney Electricity Act 1990 No 117 2 Amendment of Electricity Act 1945 (1946 No 13) 2 Amendment of other Acts 2
Schedules Repeals 2 1 Amendment of Electricity Commission Act 1950 3 2 Amendment of Electricity Transmission Authority Act 1994 19 3 Amendment of Sydney Electricity Act 1990 32 4 Amendment of Electricity Act 1945 44 5 Amendment of other Acts 59
New South Wales Electricity Legislation Amendment
Act 1995 NO 18
Act No 18, 1995
An Act to amend various Acts so as to provide for the reconstitution of the governing bodies of statutory authorities concerned with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, to reconstitute the Electricity Commission as a new statutory authority under the name of Pacific Power, to enable the Electricity Transmission Authority to develop a wholesale market for electricity and to facilitate the amalgamation of electricity distributors; and for other purposes. [Assented to 19 June 1995]
Clause 1 Electricity Legislation Amendment Act 1995 No 18 The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Electricity Legislation Amendment Act 1995.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
3 Amendment of Electricity Commission Act 1950 No 22
The Electricity Commission Act 1950 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.
4 Amendment of Electricity Transmission Authority Act 1994 No 64
The Electricity Transmission Authority Act 1994 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.
5 Amendment of Sydney Electricity Act 1990 No 117
The Sydney Electricity Act I990 is amended as set out in
Schedule 3.
6 Amendment of Electricity Act 1945 (1946 No 13)
The Electricity Act 1945 is amended as set out in Schedule 4.
7 Amendment of other Acts
Each Act specified in Schedule 5 is amended as set out in that
Schedule.
8 Repeals
The following regulations are repealed:
(a) Electricity Commission (Elections) Regulation 1994, (b)
Sydney Electricity (Electricity Supply Districts-Elected Directors) Regulation 1991,
(c)
Sydney Electricity (Staff Elected Director) Regulation 1991.
Electricity Legislation Amendment Act 1995 No 18
Amendment of Electricity Commission Act 1950 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Amendment of Electricity Commission
Act 1950
(Section 3)
[ 1 ] Section 1 Short title and commencement
Omit “Electricity Commission Act 1950” from section 1 (1).
Insert instead “Electricity (Pacific Power) Act 1950”.[2] Section 3 Definitions
Omit the definitions of Chairman, Commission, Commissioner and
General Manager from section 3 ( 1).
Insert in alphabetical order:
Board means the board of directors for Pacific Power
appointed under section 5B.
Chief Executive means the Chief Executive of Pacific
Power appointed under section 5D.
Pacific Power means the corporation established by
section 5.
[3] Section 3 (6)
Insert after section 3 (5):
(6) In this Act (except for Part…