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ELECTRICITY (BROKEN HILL) AMENDMENT BILL 1994
NEW SOUTH WALES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Explanatory Note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament)
The object of this Bill is to amend the Electricity Act 1945 to provide or the creation
under that Act of an electricity distributor for Broken Hill and surrounding districts.
The Bill provides for the following:
(a) the new electricity distributor will be called Broken Hill Electricity with an
area of operations taking in Broken Hill City, Central Darling local government
area and part of the Unincorporated area (the area of the State not within a local
government area) prescribed by the regulations;
(b) the first board of directors of Broken Hill Electricity is to consist of the present
members of the Electricity Committee of Broken Hill City Council with
existing provisions of the Act applying thereafter to the election, nomination or
appointment of directors of Broken Hill Electricity, subject to paragraph (c);
(c) in the future, the board of directors of Broken Hill Electricity will consist of 7
directors, with 5 nominated or elected by Broken Hill City Council, 1
nominated or elected by Central Darling Council and 1 appointed by the
Minister to represent customers in the rest of the area of operations of the new
distributor;
(d) Broken Hill Electricity will take over the existing electricity undertaking of
Broken Hill City Council and the assets and liabilities of that undertaking, with
existing staff of Broken Hill City Council who are employed in connection
with the Council's electricity undertaking being transferred to Broken Hill
Electricity and the General Manager (Electricity) of Broken Hill City Council
becoming the General Manager of Broken Hill Electricity;
(e) the Minister can refer disputes arising under the transfer of undertaking
provisions to arbitration with the decision of the arbitrator being final and
binding on the parties.
Clause 1 specifies the short title of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on a day or days to
be appointed by proclamation.
Clause 3 is a formal provision giving effect to the Schedule of amendments to the
Electricity Act 1945.
Schedule 1 contains the amendments to the Electricity Act 1945 described above.