ENERGY AND UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1987 - As at 1 March 2024 - Act 103 of 1987 - NOTES
ENERGY AND UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1987 - As at 1 March 2024 - Act 103 of 1987 - NOTES
Energy Administration Act 1987
Does not include amendments by--
Sch 3, cl 24(1) of this Act (Sch 3, cl 24(1) repeals Sch 3 on 30.6.2024)
Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2023 No
49 (not commenced)
Reprint history--
Reprint No 1 11 June 1991
Reprint No 2 17 December 1993
Reprint No 3 9 April 1997
Reprint No 4 2 May 2006
Reprint No 5 2 June 2009
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
| Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
| Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
| Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
| Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
| GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987 No 103 (formerly Energy Administration Act 1987). Assented to 12.6.1987. Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 1.7.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 109 of 26.6.1987, p 3180. This Act has been amended as follows--| 1988 | No 20 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1988. Assented to 28.6.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 20 (except as provided by sec 2 (6)), assent, sec 2 (1). |
| No 92 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1988. Assented to 19.12.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.7.1987, sec 2 (6). | |
| 1990 | No 27 | Gas (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 14.6.1990. Date of commencement, 20.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 90 of 20.7.1990, p 6676. |
| 1991 | No 17 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Energy Administration Act 1987, assent, sec 2. |
| No 63 | Electricity and Other Legislation (Amendment)
Act
1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Energy Administration Act 1987, 1.3.1992, sec 2 (1) and GG No 26 of 21.2.1992, p 1037. | |
| 1992 | No 29 | Mining Act
1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement, 21.8.1992, sec 2 and GG No 101 of 20.8.1992, p 5905. |
| No 34 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Energy Administration Act 1987, assent, Sch 2. | |
| No 112 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 1994 | No 32 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2. |
| No 82 | Energy Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act
1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 23.1.1995, sec 2 and GG No 5 of 20.1.1995, p 374. | |
| 1995 | No 94 | Electricity Supply
Act
1995. Assented to 21.12.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 5.4, 10.5.1996, sec 2 and GG No 57 of 10.5.1996, p 2123. |
| 1996 | No 38 | Gas Supply Act
1996. Assented to 25.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 1.4, 12.7.1996, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 12.7.1996, p 3986. |
| No 121 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 4.19, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4). | |
| 1999 | No 42 | Offshore Minerals
Act
1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. Date of commencement, 31.3.2000, sec 2 and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2490. |
| 2001 | No 34 | Corporations
(Consequential
Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.13, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001. |
| No 121 | Justices Legislation Repeal
and
Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978. | |
| 2004 | No 4 | Electricity (Consumer Safety)
Act
2004. Assented to 17.3.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3.2.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 16 of 3.2.2006, p 532. Amended by Sustainable Energy Development Repeal Act 2004 No 64. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement, 1.7.2004, sec 2. Amended by Energy Administration Amendment (Water and Energy Savings) Act 2005 No 18. Assented to 18.5.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 20.5.2005, sec 2 and GG No 57 of 20.5.2005, p 1733. |
| No 64 | Sustainable Energy Development
Repeal
Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement, 1.7.2004, sec 2. | |
| No 114 | Teaching Services Amendment
Act
2004. Assented to 21.12.2004. Date of commencement, 17.1.2005, sec 2 and GG No 7 of 14.1.2005, p 97. | |
| 2005 | No 18 | Energy Administration Amendment
(Water
and Energy Savings) Act 2005. Assented to 18.5.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1, Sch 1 [13[#93] excepted, 20.5.2005, sec 2 and GG No 57 of 20.5.2005, p 1733; date of commencement of Sch 1 [13[#93], 3.2.2006, sec 2 and GG No 16 of 3.2.2006, p 533. |
| 2006 | No 2 | Public Sector Employment
Legislation
Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378. |
| No 104 | Water Industry Competition
Act
2006. Assented to 27.11.2006. Date of commencement, 8.8.2008, sec 2 and GG No 95 of 8.8.2008, p 7438. | |
| 2007 | No 35 | Energy and Utilities
Administration
Amendment (Climate Change Fund) Act 2007. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement, 1.7.2007, sec 2. |
| No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local
Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Schs 1.37 and 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. | |
| 2010 | No 89 | Central Coast Water
Corporation
Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 4.11.2010. Date of commencement, 25.2.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (87) LW 25.2.2011. |
| No 119 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2010. Assented to 29.11.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.1.2011, sec 2 (2). | |
| 2013 | No 47 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2013. Assented to 25.6.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 1.12, 5.7.2013, sec 2 (1). |
| No 111 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013. Assented to 3.12.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1). | |
| 2014 | No 88 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2014. Assented to 28.11.2014. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.1.2015, sec 2 (1). |
| 2015 | No 5 | Electricity Network Assets
(Authorised
Transactions) Act 2015. Assented to 4.6.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 8, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| No 15 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2015. Assented to 29.6.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.7.2015, sec 2 (3). | |
| 2016 | No 55 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2016. Assented to 25.10.2016. Date of commencement of Sch 1.8, 6.1.2017, sec 2 (1). |
| 2017 | No 15 | Gas and Electricity (Consumer
Safety)
Act 2017. Assented to 9.5.2017. Date of commencement, 1.9.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (492) LW 31.8.2018. |
| No 22 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2017. Assented to 1.6.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3); date of commencement of Sch 4, 7 days after assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 59 | Electricity Supply
Amendment
(Emergency Management) Act 2017. Assented to 23.11.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2018 | No 70 | Government Sector Finance
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018. Assented to 22.11.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW 30.11.2018; date of commencement of Sch 4.32, 1.7.2023, sec 2(1) and 2023 (91) LW 2.3.2023. |
| 2020 | No 44 | Electricity Infrastructure
Investment
Act 2020. Assented to 2.12.2020. Date of commencement, 9.12.2020, sec 2 and 2020 (710) LW 9.12.2020. |
| 2021 | No 26 | Water Industry Competition Amendment Act
2021. Assented to 1.11.2021. Date of commencement of Sch 2.2, 1.3.2024, sec 2 and 2024 (43) LW 1.3.2024. |
| No 34 | Energy Legislation Amendment Act
2021. Assented to 29.11.2021. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 15.12.2021, sec 2 and 2021 (752) LW 15.12.2021. | |
| 2022 | No 63 | Treasury and Energy Legislation Amendment
Act
2022. Assented to 14.11.2022. Date of commencement of Sch 4.2, 8.4.1999, sec 2(2). |
| No 81 | Energy and Utilities Administration Amendment
Act
2022. Assented to 22.12.2022. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
| 2023 | No 7 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2023. Assented to 3.7.2023. Date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2. |
Table of amendments
| Long title | Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.23 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 1 | Am 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 3 | Am 1995 No 94, Sch 5.4 [1[#93]; 2004 No 4, Sch 3 [1[#93]; 2004 No 64, Sch 1 [1[#93]; 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.16 [1[#93]; 2006 No 104, Sch 3.1; 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2010 No 89, Sch 2 [1[#93]; 2013 No 47, Sch 1.12 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2014 No 88, Sch 2.20 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.23 [2[#93]; 2016 No 55, Sch 1.8 [1[#93]; 2017 No 15, Sch 2.5; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.12; 2021 No 26, Sch 2.2. |
| Sec 5 | Am 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [4[#93] [5[#93]. |
| Sec 6 | Rep 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [6[#93]. |
| Sec 8 | Am 2004 No 64, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 9 | Am 1995 No 94, Sch 5.4 [2[#93]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.16 [2[#93]. Ins 2015 No 15, Sch 3.23 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 10 | Am 2004 No 64, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 11 | Am 1991 No 63, Sch 2. |
| Sec 12 | Am 1995 No 94, Sch 5.4 [3[#93]; 2004 No 4, Sch 3 [2[#93]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.16 [3[#93]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.23 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 15 | Subst 1992 No 34, Sch 2. |
| Sec 22 | Subst 1990 No 27, Sch 3. Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3. |
| Sec 23 | Am 2021 No 34, Sch 2[1[#93]. |
| Sec 24 | Am 2010 No 119, Sch 3.6 [1[#93]; 2017 No 59, Sch 2 [1[#93] [2[#93]. Subst 2021 No 34, Sch 2[2[#93]. |
| Sec 25 | Am 2004 No 64, Sch 1 [2[#93]; 2010 No 119, Sch 3.6 [2[#93]. Subst 2021 No 34, Sch 2[2[#93]. |
| Sec 26 | Am 2010 No 119, Sch 3.6 [1[#93]. Subst 2021 No 34, Sch 2[2[#93]. |
| Sec 27 | Am 2010 No 119, Sch 3.6 [2[#93]. Subst 2021 No 34, Sch 2[2[#93]. |
| Sec 27A | Ins 2021 No 34, Sch 2[2[#93]. |
| Sec 28 | Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1995 No 94, Sch 5.4 [4[#93]; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.19 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.98 [1[#93]; 2007 No 94, Schs 1.37 [1[#93] [2[#93], 2; 2021 No 34, Sch 2[3[#93]-[5[#93]. |
| Sec 29 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Subst 2021 No 34, Sch 2[6[#93]. |
| Sec 30 | Subst 2021 No 34, Sch 2[6[#93]. |
| Sec 32 | Am 2021 No 34, Sch 2[7[#93]. |
| Sec 33 | Am 1988 No 20, Sch 20; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2001 No 34, Sch 2.13; 2021 No 34, Sch 2[8[#93]. |
| Part 6A | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. |
| Part 6A, Div 1 | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. |
| Secs 34A-34C | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. |
| Sec 34D | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Am 2010 No 119, Sch 3.6 [1[#93]. |
| Part 6A, Div 2 | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Secs 34E, 34F | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 34G | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.8 [2[#93]; 2020 No 44, Sch 2.2[1[#93]. |
| Sec 34H | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. Am 2020 No 44, Sch 2.2[2[#93] [3[#93]; 2021 No 34, Sch 2[9[#93]. |
| Sec 34I | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.19. |
| Part 6A, Div 3 | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Secs 34J, 34K | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.8 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 34L | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. Am 2013 No 111, Sch 2.2. |
| Sec 34M | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.8 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 34N | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Rep 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. Ins 2021 No 34, Sch 2[10[#93]. |
| Secs 34O, 34P | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Rep 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Part 6A, Div 4 (secs 34Q-34V) | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. |
| Part 6A, Div 5 | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. |
| Sec 34W | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7[#93]. Subst 2020 No 44, Sch 2.2[4[#93]. |
| Sec 35 | Am 1990 No 27, Sch 3; 1995 No 94, Sch 5.4 [5[#93]; 1996 No 38, Sch 1.4 [1[#93]; 2022 No 63, Sch 4.2[1[#93] [2[#93]. |
| Sec 35A | Ins 1990 No 27, Sch 3. Am 1996 No 38, Sch 1.4 [2[#93] [3[#93]. |
| Sec 35B | Ins 1990 No 27, Sch 3. Rep 1996 No 38, Sch 1.4 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 37 | Am 1992 No 29, Sch 5; 1995 No 94, Sch 5.4 [6[#93]; 1999 No 42, Sch 3.6. |
| Sec 38 | Am 1988 No 92, Sch 6; 2004 No 4, Sch 3 [3[#93] [4[#93]. |
| Sec 40 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [8[#93] [9[#93]; 2015 No 5, Sch 8.10. |
| Sec 41 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [10[#93]. |
| Sec 42 | Am 2004 No 64, Sch 1 [2[#93]; 2015 No 15, Sch 3.23 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 43 | Am 2004 No 64, Sch 1 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 43A | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [11[#93]. |
| Sec 45 | Am 2004 No 64, Sch 1 [2[#93]. Subst 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [12[#93]. Am 2015 No 15, Sch 3.23 [6[#93]. |
| Sec 46A | Ins 2004 No 4, Sch 3 [5[#93]. Am 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [13[#93]. Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.19. |
| Sec 47 | Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.98 [2[#93]; 2004 No 4, Sch 3 [6[#93]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2022 No 81, Sch 1[1[#93] [2[#93]. |
| Sec 47A | Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [14[#93]. |
| Sec 48 | Subst 2018 No 70, Sch 4.32. |
| Secs 49-52 | Rep 1994 No 82, Sch 6. |
| Sec 53 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2004 No 4, Sch 3 [8[#93] [9[#93]. |
| Sec 54 | Ins 2004 No 64, Sch 1 [3[#93]. |
| Sch 1 | Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 2004 No 114, Sch 2.4. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.16 [4[#93]. |
| Sch 2 | Rep 1992 No 34, Sch 2. Ins 2004 No 64, Sch 1 [4[#93]. Am 2004 No 4, Sch 3 [10[#93] (am 2004 No 64, Sch 2.1 [2[#93]) [11[#93] (am 2004 No 64, Sch 2.1 [2[#93]); 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [15[#93] [16[#93]; 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [4[#93] [5[#93]; 2010 No 89, Sch 2 [2[#93]; 2022 No 81, Sch 1[3[#93]. |
| Sch 3 | Ins 2022 No 81, Sch 1[4[#93]. Am 2023 No 7, Sch 3.8. |
| The whole Act (except Sch 2) | Am 2014 No 88, Sch 2.20 [1[#93] ("Director-General" and "Director-General's" omitted wherever occurring, "Secretary" and "Secretary's" inserted instead, respectively). |