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Electricity Industry (Amendment) Act 1998

Act No. 10/1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

1.	Purpose	1
2.	Commencement	1
3.	Principal Act	2
4.	Repeal of provisions relating to mining	2
5.	Power Net Victoria dissolved	2
6.	Reduction in amounts and imposts	3
7.	Easements	4
8.	Repeal of spent provisions	5
9.	Commencement of section 11 postponed	5
10.	Statute law revision	5

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Victoria

No. 10 of 1998

Electricity Industry (Amendment) Act

1998†

[Assented to 28 April 1998]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1. Purpose

The main purpose of this Act is to provide for the dissolution of Power Net Victoria and to facilitate the reduction of certain amounts and imposts.

2. Commencement

(1) Sections 1, 3, 6, 9 and this section come into

operation on the day on which this Act receives
the Royal Assent.

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(2) Section 10(2) is deemed to have come into

operation on 24 December 1994.

(3) Sections 4, 7, 8 and 10(1) (3) and (4) come into

operation on 1 June 1998.

(4) Subject to sub-section (5), section 5 comes into

operation on a day to be proclaimed.

(5) If section 5 does not come into operation before

1 December 1998, it comes into operation on that

day.

3. Principal Act

In this Act, the Electricity Industry Act 1993 is	No. 130/1993. Reprint No. 3
called the Principal Act.	as at 14 July 1997. Further
amended by Nos 55/1997
(as amended by No.
91/1997) and 105/1997.

4. Repeal of provisions relating to mining

Sections 12A and 12B of the Principal Act are repealed.

5. Power Net Victoria dissolved

(1) In the Principal Act—

(a)	in section 3, the definition of "Power Net Victoria" is repealed;
(b)	in section 3, in the definition of "electricity corporation", omit "or National Electricity";
(c)	in section 3, in the definition of "transmission company", paragraph (a) is repealed;

(d) in section 3(2), paragraph (b) is repealed;

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(e) "Power Net Victoria" substitute

in the heading preceding section 13, for system";

(f) sections 13, 14, 15 and 16 are repealed;

(g) in section 41E(1), paragraph (b) is repealed;

(h) in section 91AA(2), paragraph (a) is repealed.

(2) After section 100(3) of the Principal Act insert—

'(4) In this section, "chief executive officer" means the Administrator.'.

(3) On the commencement of sub-section (1)—

(a) Power Net Victoria is abolished;

(b)	all directors of Power Net Victoria go out of office;
(c)	the chief executive officer of Power Net Victoria goes out of office.

6. Reduction in amounts and imposts

After section 158C(3) of the Principal Act
insert—

"(4) An Order in force under section 158A may

be amended, on the recommendation of the Government Gazette for the purpose of facilitating a reduction in the amount payable by franchise customers to distribution companies for the purchase of electricity.

Treasurer, by one Order only of the

(5) Despite sub-section (1)(c), an Order in force under section 163A may be amended, on the recommendation of the Treasurer, by one

Order only of the Governor in Council published in the Government Gazette for the

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purpose of facilitating a reduction in the

imposts payable to the Treasurer.".

7. Easements

(1) After section 73(1) of the Principal Act insert—

"(1A) Despite sub-section (1), it is not necessary to

produce a certificate of title in the case of a
request for amendment to the Register in
relation to transferred property that is an
easement registered under the Transfer of
Land Act 1958.".

(2) After section 108(1) of the Principal Act insert—

"(1A) Despite sub-section (1), it is not necessary to

produce a certificate of title in the case of a
request for amendment to the Register in
relation to transferred property that is an
easement registered under the Transfer of

Land Act 1958.".

(3) After section 126(1) of the Principal Act insert—

"(1A) Despite sub-section (1), it is not necessary to

produce a certificate of title in the case of a
request for amendment to the Register in
relation to transferred property that is an
easement registered under the Transfer of

Land Act 1958.".

(4) After section 153L(1) of the Principal Act

insert—

"(1A) Despite sub-section (1), it is not necessary to

produce a certificate of title in the case of a
request for amendment to the Register in
relation to transferred property that is an
easement registered under the Transfer of
Land Act 1958.".

(5) After section 153TJ(1) of the Principal Act

insert—

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"(1A) Despite sub-section (1), it is not necessary to

produce a certificate of title in the case of a
request for amendment to the Register in
relation to transferred property that is an
easement registered under the Transfer of
Land Act 1958.".

(6) After section 153TZA(1) of the Principal Act

insert—

"(1A) Despite sub-section (1), it is not necessary to

produce a certificate of title in the case of a
request for amendment to the Register in
relation to transferred property that is an
easement registered under the Transfer of
Land Act 1958.".

8. Repeal of spent provisions

In the Principal Act—

(a)	sections 84E, 93, 95, 96, 97 and 158B are repealed;
(b)	Division 4 of Part 5, Division 4 of Part 9, Division 4 of Part 10, Division 5 of Part 11 and Division 4 of Part 11A are repealed.

9. Commencement of section 11 postponed

No. 35/1997

as amended	In section 2(2) of the Electricity Industry
by No.	(Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997, before
55/1997.	"12" insert "11,".

10. Statute law revision

(1) In the Principal Act—

(a)	in section 153TS(1), for "on which the the TCO" substitute "on which the TCO";
(b)

in Schedule 2, for "trees more that 2·7 metres";

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(c) in Schedule 3C, Part 2, Table A, in the item relating to SEC Lease Number C491, for "Marrets" substitute "Marretts".

(2) In section 14 of the Electricity Industry

(Further Amendment) Act 1994, for "After

section 71A" substitute "After section 71".

(3) In section 17(3) of the Electricity Industry

(Amendment) Act 1996—

(a) after "distribution company" insert "means";

(b) for "Citipower Pty" substitute "Citipower Ltd".

(4) In section 20(1)(c) of the Snowy Hydro

Corporatisation Act 1997, for "section 20" substitute "section 19".

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NOTES

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Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 19 March 1998

Legislative Council: 8 April 1998

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "to amend the Electricity
Industry Act 1993 and the Electricity Industry (Miscellaneous
Amendment) Act 1997 and certain other Acts and for other purposes."