Electricity Supply (Country Energy) Regulation 2001 (NSW)

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Electricity Supply Act 1995.

Minister for Energy

1Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Electricity Supply (Country Energy) Regulation 2001.

2Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 2001.

3Definitions

In this Regulation, the Act means the Electricity Supply Act 1995.

4Variation of distribution districts

Schedule 3 to the Act is amended by omitting the matter relating to Advance Energy, Great Southern Energy and NorthPower and by inserting instead the matter set out in Schedule 1.

5Country Energy may act in own name or in name of Great Southern Energy or Advance Energy(1)

On and from the commencement of this Regulation, Country Energy:

• (a)

  may act for and on behalf of, and exercise any of the functions of, Great Southern Energy, and

• (b)

  may act for and on behalf of, and exercise any of the functions of, Advance Energy,

in relation to the transfer of any staff, assets, rights and liabilities under section 85 of the Act arising from the variation of distribution districts effected by clause 4.

(2)

Subclause (1) applies for all purposes, including for the purpose of the rules of private international law.

(3)

Without limiting subclause (1), Country Energy may act in the name of Great Southern Energy or Advance Energy if it is necessary to do so under the law of any country:

• (a)

  to perfect the transfer of any asset, right or liability of Great Southern Energy or Advance Energy, or

• (b)

  to take, defend or maintain legal proceedings in connection with any such asset, right or liability.

(4)

For the purposes of this clause, Country Energy is authorised to use the seals of Great Southern Energy and Advance Energy.

(5)

In this clause, asset, right and liability have the same meanings as they have in Schedule 4 to the Act.

6Application of 1999 IPART determination on regulation of NSW electricity distribution networks(1)

In its application to Country Energy on and after 1 July 2001, Table 9.1 to the 1999 IPART determination (and any replication of that Table in any other part of that determination) applies with the following modifications:

• (a)

  the provisions with respect to Advance Energy and Great Southern Energy in relation to the financial years 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004 are taken to have been omitted,

• (b)

  the provisions with respect to NorthPower in relation to the financial years 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004 are taken to have been omitted and replaced by the following provisions:

  418	432	444
  400	422	444

• (c)

  the reference to NorthPower is to be read as a reference to Country Energy.

(2)

In this clause, 1999 IPART determination means the determination published by the Tribunal in December 1999 under the name National Electricity Code Determination 99–1 Regulation of NSW Electricity Distribution Networks: Determination and Rules under the National Electricity Code.

7Explanatory note

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Schedule 1Distribution districts

(Clause 4)

Country Energy	Albury	Gilgandra
Armidale Dumaresq	Glen Innes
Ballina	Gloucester
Barraba	Goulburn
Bathurst	Grafton
Bega Valley	Great Lakes
Bellingen	Greater Taree
Berrigan	Griffith
Bingara	Gundagai
Bland	Gunnedah
Blayney	Gunning
Bogan	Guyra
Bombala	Harden
Boorowa	Hastings
Bourke	Hay
Brewarrina	Holbrook
Byron	Hume
Cabonne	Inverell
Carrathool	Jerilderie
Cobar	Junee
Coffs Harbour	Kempsey
Conargo	Kyogle
Coolah	Lachlan
Coolamon	Leeton
Cooma-Monaro	Lismore
Coonabarabran	Lockhart
Coonamble	Maclean
Cootamundra	Manilla
Copmanhurst	Merriwa (part)
Corowa	Moree Plains
Cowra	Mudgee
Crookwell	Mulwaree
Culcairn	Murray
Deniliquin	Murrumbidgee
Dubbo	Murrurundi
Dungog	Nambucca
Eurobodalla	Narrabri
Evans	Narrandera
Forbes	Narromine
Nundle	Tweed
Oberon	Uralla
Orange	Urana
Parkes	Wagga Wagga
Parry	Wakool (part)
Pristine Waters	Walcha
Queanbeyan	Walgett
Quirindi	Warren
Richmond Valley	Weddin
Severn	Wellington
Snowy River	Windouran (part)
Tallaganda	Yallaroi
Tamworth	Yarrowlumla
Temora	Yass
Tenterfield	Young
Tumbarumba	Unincorporated area (part)
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