Electricity Supply (General) Amendment Regulation 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Electricity Supply (General) Amendment

Regulation 2019

under the

Electricity Supply Act 1995

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Electricity Supply Act 1995.

MATT KEAN, MP

Minister for Energy and Environment

Explanatory note

The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to extend the obligation on metering providers to have a safety management system in place before installing a meter for a further 24 months, ending on 1 June 2021, and
(b)	to extend the prohibition against the remote de-energisation and re-energisation of a small customer’s premises using a digital meter for a further 12 months, ending on 1 June 2020.

This Regulation is made under the Electricity Supply Act 1995, including section 191 (the general regulation-making power) and clauses 1 and 74 of Schedule 6 (which enable savings and transitional regulations to be made consequent on the enactment of the Electricity Supply Amendment (Advanced

Meters) Act 2016).

Electricity Supply (General) Amendment Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Electricity Supply (General) Amendment Regulation 2019

under the

Electricity Supply Act 1995

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Electricity Supply (General) Amendment Regulation 2019.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 June 2019 and is required to be published on the
NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Electricity Supply Act 1995 No 94

(1) Schedule 6 Savings, transitional and other provisions

Omit “interim period” wherever occurring in clause 71 (1) and (3).

Insert instead “extended interim period”.

(2)	Schedule 6, clause 71 (5)
Insert in alphabetical order:

extended interim period means the period commencing on the

commencement of the Electricity Supply (General) Amendment

Regulation 2019 and ending at the beginning of 1 June 2021.

(3)	Schedule 6, clause 71A (7)
Omit “at the end of 31 May 2019” from the definition of extended interim period.
Insert instead “at the beginning of 1 June 2021”.

4 Amendment of Electricity Supply (General) Regulation 2014

Clause 8A Prohibition on remote de-energisation and re-energisation by certain

persons

Omit clause 8A (2). Insert instead:

(2) This clause ceases to have effect at the beginning of 1 June 2020.