Electricity Transmission Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2004 (WA)

22 June 2004 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 2165

Electricity Corporation Act 1994

Electricity Transmission Amendment

Regulations (No. 2) 2004

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Electricity Transmission
Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2004.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which Part 9 of the Electricity Industry Act 2004 comes into operation.

3.             The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Electricity
Transmission Regulations 1996*.

[* Reprinted as at 24 May 2002.

For amendments to 15 June 2004 see Western Australian Legislation Information Tables for 2003, Table 4, p. 89.]

4.             Regulation 3 amended

Regulation 3 is amended by inserting in the appropriate
alphabetical positions the following definitions —
“

“market member” has the meaning given to that term

in regulation 4 of the Electricity Industry
(Wholesale Market) Regulations 2004;

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“South West interconnected system” has the

meaning given to that term in section 3 of the

Electricity Industry Act 2004;

”.

5.             Regulation 21 amended

Regulation 21 is amended by deleting paragraph (e), and “and” after it, and inserting instead —

“

(e) the “permitted tolerance” for a group of connections is —

(i)      an amount expressed in kWh equal to 3% of the relevant amount in respect of the group of connections; or

(ii)      in a case where —

(I)	the access agreement is for transporting electricity any of which is derived from a renewable energy source; and
(II)	the user was a party to an agreement of that kind when the Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2004 commenced,

1500 kWh;

and

”.

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6.             Regulations 22 to 25 amended

(1) Regulations 22, 23, and 25 are each amended by repealing
subregulation (1aa) and inserting instead the following
subregulation —

“

(1aa) This regulation does not apply to a user’s access
agreement for transporting electricity using any part of
the South West interconnected system during a period
for which the user is a market member.

”.

(2) Regulation 24 is amended by repealing subregulation (1aa) and
inserting instead the following subregulation —

“

(1aa) This regulation does not apply to a user whose access
agreement is for transporting electricity using any part
of the South West interconnected system during a
period for which the user is a market member.

”.

By Command of the Governor,

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