Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 3) (Cth)

Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 3)1

Statutory Rules 2002 No. 3392

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000.

Dated 19 December 2002

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

DAVID KEMP

Minister for the Environment and Heritage

Contents

1Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 3).

2Commencement

These Regulations commence, or are taken to have commenced, as follows:

1. (a)

   on 27 August 2002 — regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;

2. (b)

   on 1 January 2003 — Schedule 2.

3Amendment of Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001

Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001.

Schedule 1Amendment taken to have commenced on 27 August 2002

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Paragraph 3 (4) (a)

substitute

1. (a)

   the manufacturer has applied for product certification of the heat pump water heater to:

   1. (i)

      Australian Standard 2712-1993, as in force on 1 January 2001; or

   2. (ii)

      Australian Standard 2712-2002, as in force on 27 August 2002; and

Schedule 2Amendments commencing on 1 January 2003

(regulation 3)

  

[1]Subregulation 3 (1), definition of heat pump water heater

omit

[2]Subparagraph 3 (3) (b) (i)

omit

Australian Standard 2712-1993, as in force on 1 January 2001;

insert

Australian Standard 2712-2002, as in force on 27 August 2002;

[3]Subparagraph 3 (3) (b) (ii)

omit

Australian Standard 2712-1993, as in force on 1 January 2001.

insert

Australian Standard 2712-2002, as in force on 27 August 2002.

[4]Subregulation 3 (4)

substitute

1. (4)

   Despite paragraph (3) (b), a solar water heater of a kind mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 7 is, on and after 1 July 2003, taken not to have been given product certification or component certification (as the case may be), if the documentation relating to the solar water heater does not state that the solar water heater satisfies the requirements for certification to the Standard mentioned in that paragraph.

[5]Paragraph 23 (b)

omit

0.62%.

insert

0.62%; and

[6]After paragraph 23 (b)

insert

1. (c)

   for 2003 — 0.88%.

Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2001 No. 2, as amended by 2001 No. 219; 2002 Nos. 48 and 232.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 2002.