Electricity Supply Act 1995 Proclamation re commencement (1996-452) [GG No 104 of 13.9.1996] (NSW)

1996 No 452

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 22 October 1996 as the day on which the following provisions of the Act commence:

(a)	sections 15, 18, 34 and 38, and
(b)	Schedule 5.1 [5] (to the extent to which that item repeals sections 6FB and 7I, Part 3C and sections 26B, 26I and 26Q of the Electricity Safety Act 1945).

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 11 day of September 1996.

By His Excellency’s Command,

MICHAEL EGAN, M.L.C.

Minister for Energy

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

of the Electricity Supply Act 1995. Those provisions deal with the following matters:

(a)	a customer’s right to connection, and the requirement for customer connection contracts (sections 15 and 18),
(b)	a customer’s right to supply and the requirement for customer supply contracts (sections 34 and 38),
(c)	the transfer of water supply functions currently exercised by energy distributors (repeal of section 6FB of the Electricity Safety Act 1945 by Schedule 5.1 [5]),
(d)	the repeal of various provisions, relating to consumption and the discontinuation of supply, included in customer supply contracts (repeal of section 7I, Part 3C and sections 26B, 26I and 26Q of the Electricity Safety Act 1945).
Published in Gazette No 104 of 13 September 1996, page 6283	Page 1

1996 No 452

Electricity Supply Act 1995 No 94-Proclamation

The only provisions of the Electricity Supply Act 1995 that will remain uncommenced

are:

(a)	section 31 (Customer may choose supplier and contractor),
(b)	Schedule 5.1 [5] (to the extent to which that item repeals section 15 (Electricity Development Fund) of the Electricity Safety Act 1945), and
(c)	Schedule 5.1 [16] (to the extent to which that item inserts clause 24 (Abolition of Electricity Development Fund) into Schedule 11 to the Electricity Safety Act 1945), and
(d)	the requirement for Pacific Power to supply electricity for public transport purposes (repeal of section 12 of the Electricity (Pacific Power) Act 1950 by Schedule 5.2. [7]), and
(e)	clause 16 (3) and (4) of Schedule 6 (Savings, transitional and other provisions).