National Electricity (South Australia) (National Energy Retail Law) Variation Regulations 2012 (SA)

South Australia

National Electricity (South Australia) (National Energy Retail Law) Variation Regulations 2012

under the National Electricity (South Australia) Act 1996

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of National Electricity (South Australia) Regulations

4            Revocation of regulation 4A

5            Insertion of regulation 5A

5ACorporations Act displacement

6            Insertion of regulation 6A

6A          Conduct provisions

7           Insertion of Schedule 1AA

Schedule 1AA—Conduct provisions

8            Variation of Schedule 2—Transitional and savings provision

22          Application of National Energy Retail Law in a participating jurisdiction

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the National Electricity (South Australia) (National Energy Retail Law) Variation Regulations 2012.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2012.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of National Electricity (South Australia) Regulations

4—Revocation of regulation 4A

Regulation 4A—delete the regulation

5—Insertion of regulation 5A

After regulation 5 insert:

5A—Corporations Act displacement

Pursuant to section 10A of the new National Electricity Law, the following provisions of the Rules are declared to be Corporations legislation displacement provisions for the purposes of section 5G of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth in relation to the provisions of Chapter 5 of that Act:

(a)clause 3.3.13A;

(b)clause 3.15.21;

(c)clause 6B.B5.3.

6—Insertion of regulation 6A

After regulation 6 insert:

6A—Conduct provisions

For the purposes of section 2AA(2) of the new National Electricity Law, a provision of the Rules listed in Schedule 1AA is prescribed to be a conduct provision.

7—Insertion of Schedule 1AA

After Schedule 1 insert:

Schedule 1AA—Conduct provisions

Provisions of the Rules

Clause 6B.A2.1

All provisions in Part B of Chapter 6B

8—Variation of Schedule 2—Transitional and savings provision

Schedule 2—after clause 21 insert:

22—Application of National Energy Retail Law in a participating jurisdiction

The variations made to these regulations by the National Electricity (South Australia) (National Energy Retail Law) Variation Regulations 2012 do not apply in a participating jurisdiction until the National Energy Retail Law is applied in that jurisdiction as a law of that jurisdiction.

Made by the Governor

on the unanimous recommendation of the Ministers of the participating jurisdictions and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 28 June 2012

No 171 of 2012