UTILITIES (TECHNICAL REGULATION) ACT 2014
Table of Provisions
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
- 1 Name of Act
- 3 Dictionary
- 4 Notes
- 5 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc
- 6 Objects of Act
- 7 Other laws not affected
PART 2--REGULATED UTILITY SERVICES
- 8 Meaning of regulated utility
- 9 Meaning of regulated utility service
- 10 Prescribed regulated utility services
- 10A Exempt classes of regulated utility services
PART 3--TECHNICAL CODES
Division 3.1--Purpose of technical codes
- 11 Technical codes—purpose
Division 3.2--Making technical codes
- 12 Draft technical codes—proposed by regulated utility
- 13 Draft technical codes—consultation
- 14 Technical codes—approval
- 15 Technical codes—public access
Division 3.3--Enforcement of technical codes
- 16 Offence—fail to comply with technical code
- 17 Technical regulator's warning notice
- 18 Technical regulator's directions
- 19 Offence—fail to comply with technical regulator's direction
- 20 Technical regulator's urgent directions
- 21 Offence—fail to comply with technical regulator's urgent direction
- 22 Technical regulator—obtaining information and documents
- 23 Offence—contravention of requirement under s 22
- 24 Self-incrimination etc
Division 3.4--Application to NERL retailers and NERL exempt sellers
- 25 Application to NERL retailers and NERL exempt sellers—pt 3
- 26 NERL retailers and NERL exempt sellers—determination of application of
- 27 Inconsistency between Act and NERL
PART 4--REPORTING OF NOTIFIABLE INCIDENTS
- 28 Definitions—pt 4
- 29 Offence—reporting of notifiable incidents by regulated utility
PART 5--PROTECTION OF REGULATED UTILITY NETWORKS
Division 5.1--General
- 30 Meaning of interference—pt 5
Division 5.2--General interference
- 31 Offence—interference with regulated utility networks
- 32 Network protection notices
- 33 Network protection—action affecting heritage significance
Division 5.3--Contamination of water or sewerage networks
- 34 Offence—contamination of water
- 35 Offence—prohibited substances—water or sewerage network
- 36 Exempt water treatments
Division 5.4--Miscellaneous
- 37 Offence—unauthorised network connections
- 38 Offence—unauthorised abstraction etc of electricity
- 39 Offence—unauthorised abstraction etc of gas
- 40 Offence—unauthorised abstraction etc of water
- 41 Extended meaning of network
PART 5A--VEGETATION AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
Division 5A--.1 General
Division 5A--.2 Vegetation management
- 41C Definitions—div 5A.2
- 41D Clearance from aerial lines—vegetation
- 41E Measuring clearances from aerial lines
Division 5A--.3 Electrical infrastructure management
- 41F Definitions—div 5A.3
- 41G Maintenance of electrical infrastructure within network boundary
- 41H Maintenance of electrical infrastructure within network
- 41I Inspection of electrical infrastructure outside network boundary
Division 5A--.4 Performance of management operations
- 41J Definitions—div 5A.4
- 41K Damage etc to be minimised
- 41L Notice to owner
- 41M Management operations outside network boundary—dispute
PART 6--OPERATING CERTIFICATES
Division 6.1--General
- 42 Meaning of unlicensed regulated utility—pt 6
Division 6.2--Operating certificates—unlicensed regulated utilities
- 43 Operating certificate—application
- 44 Operating certificate—further information
- 45 Operating certificate—information on likely compliance costs
- 46 Operating certificate—grant
- 47 Operating certificate—term
- 48 Operating certificate—general condition
- 49 Operating certificate—revocation
Division 6.3--Enforcement of operating certificates
- 50 Offence—providing regulated utility service without operating certificate
- 51 Offence—constructing regulated utility service without operating certificate
PART 7--NETWORK BOUNDARIES AND ISOLATED INFRASTRUCTURE
Division 7.1--General
- 52 Definitions—pt 7
Division 7.2--Network boundaries
- 53 Network boundary
Division 7.3--Isolated infrastructure—maintenance requirements
- 54 Technical inspector's warning notice—isolated
- 55 Technical regulator's directions—isolated infrastructure
- 56 Offence—owner of isolated infrastructure failing to comply with technical regulator's
PART 8--DAMS SAFETY
Division 8.1--General
- 57 Definitions—pt 8
Division 8.2--Register of dams
- 58 Dams register
- 59 Required information for dams register
- 60 Notice to give required information
- 61 Offence—fail to give required information
- 62 Technical regulator may require further information
- 63 Offence—fail to give further information
- 64 Requirement to report change in ownership
- 65 Offence—fail to report change in ownership
- 66 Requirement to update required information and further information
- 67 Offence—fail to update required information or further information
- 68 Owner of registrable dam may correct dams register
Division 8.3--Listed dams
Division 8.4--Technical codes for listed dams
- 71 Draft technical codes for listed dam—proposed by owner of listed
- 72 Technical codes for listed dams—consultation
- 73 Technical codes for listed dams—approval
- 74 Technical codes for listed dams—public access
Division 8.5--Enforcement of technical codes for listed dam
- 75 Offence—fail to comply with technical code for listed dam
PART 9--ENFORCEMENT
Division 9.1--General
- 76 Definitions—pt 9
Division 9.2--Technical regulator
- 77 Technical regulator
- 77A Delegation by technical regulator
- 78 Technical regulator's functions
- 79 Technical regulator may recommend conditions on licence
- 80 Technical regulator's compliance report
Division 9.3--Technical inspectors
- 81 Technical inspectors—appointment
- 82 Identity cards
- 83 Power not to be exercised before identity card shown
Division 9.4--Powers of technical inspectors
- 84 Power to enter premises
- 85 Production of identity card
- 86 Consent to entry
- 87 Advance consent to entry
- 88 Warrants
- 89 Warrants—application made other than in person
- 90 General powers on entry to premises
- 91 Power to seize evidence
- 92 Receipt for things seized
- 93 Access to things seized
- 94 Return of things seized
Division 9.5--Stop notice—utility infrastructure work
- 95 Meaning of utility infrastructure work—div 9.5
- 96 Stop notice
- 97 Offence—fail to comply with stop notice
- 98 Cancellation of stop notice—application
- 99 Rectification work allowed under stop notice
Division 9.6--Injunctions
- 100 Injunctions to restrain offences against Act or failure to comply with
- 101 Enforcement of injunctions
- 102 Amendment or discharge of injunctions
- 103 Interim injunctions—undertakings about damages
- 104 Supreme Court—other powers not limited
PART 10--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS
- 105 What is a reviewable decision?—pt 10
- 106 Reviewable decision notices
- 107 Applications for review