Electricity Transmission Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2001 (WA)

28 December 2001 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 6717

These regulations may be cited as the Electricity Transmission
Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2001.

EN302*

Electricity Corporation Act 1994

Electricity Transmission Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 2001

Made by the Lieutenant-Governor and deputy of the Governor in
Executive Council.

1.            Citation

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2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are published in the Gazette.

3.           The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Electricity
Transmission Regulations 1996*.
[* Published in Gazette 31 December 1996, p. 7257-320.

For amendments to 14 December 2001 see 2000 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 83, and Gazette
31 August and 28 September 2001.]

4.            Regulation 3 amended

Regulation 3 is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting in its appropriate alphabetical position the following definition

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"renewable energy source" means an energy source

other than a fossil fuel or a man-made nuclear

fission process;

(b) "Electricity Corporation established under" and inserting

in the definition of "Western Power", by deleting " Western Power Corporation referred to in "

5.            Regulation 12 amended

Regulation 12(6) is amended by inserting after "user" —

" to ".

6.            Regulation 21 amended

Regulation 21 is amended by deleting the subregulation designation "(1)".

7.           Regulations 22 and 23 amended

Before each of regulations 22(1) and 23(1), the following subregulation is inserted —

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(laa) This regulation does not apply to an access agreement

for transporting electricity any of which is derived from
a renewable energy source, but that does not prevent
the agreement from dealing with matters of the kind
dealt with in this regulation.

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8.            Regulation 24 amended

Before regulation 24(1), the following subregulation is inserted —

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(laa) This regulation does not apply to a user whose access

agreement is for transporting electricity any of which is
derived from a renewable energy source, but that does
not prevent the agreement from dealing with matters of
the kind dealt with in this regulation.

9.            Regulation 25 amended

(1) Before regulation 25(1), the following subregulation is
inserted —

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(laa) This regulation does not apply to an access agreement

for transporting electricity any of which is derived from
a renewable energy source, but that does not prevent
the agreement from dealing with matters of the kind

dealt with in this regulation.

(2) Regulation 25(1) is amended by deleting "an amount equal to
3% of the relevant amount" and inserting instead —
" the permitted tolerance ".

10.          Regulation 40 amended

Regulation 40(3) is amended by inserting after "Part 4" -

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or otherwise for the use of any access service other
than in accordance with the access agreement

11.          Regulation 44 amended

Regulation 44(3) is amended by deleting "the operation of

Part 4" and inserting instead -

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an obligation of the user, arising under Part 4 or
otherwise, to pay any charge relating to the transport of

the electricity

By Command of the Lieutenant-Governor

and deputy of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.