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

South Australia

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

under the National Gas (South Australia) Act 2008

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

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

4            Revocation of regulation 5A

5            Insertion of regulation 7AA

7AACorporations Act displacement

6            Insertion of regulation 17

17          Transitional provision—Application of National Energy Retail Law in a participating jurisdiction

7           Variation of Schedule 4—Conduct provisions

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the National Gas (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 Gas (South Australia) Regulations

4—Revocation of regulation 5A

Regulation 5A—delete the regulation

5—Insertion of regulation 7AA

After regulation 7 insert:

7AA—Corporations Act displacement

Pursuant to section 26A of the NGL, 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)Rule 251;

(b)Rule 486;

(c)Rule 528.

6—Insertion of regulation 17

After regulation 16 insert:

17—Transitional provision—Application of National Energy Retail Law in a participating jurisdiction

The variations made to these regulations by the National Gas (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.

7—Variation of Schedule 4—Conduct provisions

Schedule 4—at the end of Schedule 4 insert:

Rule 503

All provisions in Division 4 of Part 21

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 170 of 2012