Electricity Supply Act 1995 Proclamation re commencement (1996-165) [GG No 57 of 10.5.1996] (NSW)

1996 No 165

New South Wales

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 No 94—PROCLAMATION

(L.S.) G. SAMUELS, Governor.

I, the Honourable Gordon Samuels, AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Electricity Supply Act 1995, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 10 May 1996 as the day on which the uncommenced provisions of that Act commence, except for:

(a)	sections 15, 18, 31, 34, 38 and 88,
(b)	Schedule 5.1 [5] (to the extent to which that item would otherwise repeal sections 6FB and 7I, Part 3C and sections 15, 26B, 26I and 26Q of the Electricity Act 1945),
(c)	Schedule 5.1 [16] (to the extent to which that item would otherwise insert clause 24 into Schedule 11 to the Electricity Act 1943,
(d)	Schedule 5.2 [7],
(e)	clause 16 (3) and (4) of Schedule 6.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 8th day of May 1996.

By His Excellency’s Command,

M. R. Egan

Minister for Energy.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to commence the uncommenced provisions of the

Electricity Supply Act 1995, apart from those dealing with the following matters:

(a)	the requirement for customer connection contracts (sections 15, 18 and 31),
(b)	the requirement for customer supply contracts (sections 34 and 38),
(c)	the requirement for the Licence Compliance Advisory Board to prepare annual reports (section 88),
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(d)	the transfer of water supply functions currently exercised by energy distributors (proposed repeal of section 6FB of the Electricity Act 1945),
(e)	the operation of the Electricity Development Fund (proposed repeal of section 15 of the Electricity Act 1943,
(f)	the requirement for Pacific Power to supply electricity for public transport purposes (proposed repeal of section 12 of the Electricity (Pacific Power) Act 1950),
(g)	matters consequential to those referred to in paragraphs (a)–(f).