New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENERGY AND UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1987 - SECT 34J

34J Minister may require State water agencies or distribution network service providers to make contributions to Climate Change Fund

(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, require any one or more State water agencies or distribution network service providers to make an annual contribution for a specified financial year to the Fund.

Note: The Minister may amend or repeal an order made under this section. See section 43 of the Interpretation Act 1987 .

(2) A contributions order:

(a) must specify the annual contributions payable by each State water agency or distribution network service provider to which the order applies (being an amount that does not exceed the maximum amount, if any, prescribed by the regulations), and

(b) may specify that an annual contribution may be paid by instalments during the financial year to which the order applies, and

(c) must specify the time or, in the case of an annual contribution that is payable by instalments, the times at which any contribution required under the order is to be made, and

(d) may be made before or during the financial year to which the order relates.

Note: For orders under this section (and orders under section 34P made before its repeal and taken to be made under this section) see Gazettes No 62 of 30.5.2005, pp 1893, 1894; No 23 of 17.2.2006, p 881; No 68 of 26.5.2006, p 3214; No 72 of 2.6.2006, p 3911; No 95 of 28.7.2006, p 5982; No 139 of 5.10.2007, p 7684 and No 43 of 18.4.2008, p 2754.