New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY (GENERAL) REGULATION 2001 - REG 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Regulation:
"accreditation scheme" means:

(a) a scheme prepared by a service provider in accordance with Division 3 of Part 10, or

(b) a Ministerially recognised accreditation scheme.

"accrediting agency" means:

(a) a service provider, or

(b) a Ministerially recognised accrediting agency.

"contestable service" means:

(a) any service provided for the purpose of complying with Division 4 of Part 3 of the Act, and

(b) any service comprising work relating to an extension of a service provider’s distribution system or an increase in the capacity of a service provider’s distribution system.

"electricity industry ombudsman" means the electricity industry ombudsman appointed under an approved electricity industry ombudsman scheme.
"electricity marketer" has the same meaning as in Part 5B of the Act.
"energy services corporation" has the same meaning as it has in the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 .
"exempt last resort arrangement" means an electricity supply arrangement exempted from the operation of section 179 of the Act under clause 68 (2) (f).
"greenhouse gas benchmark statement" means a statement required to be lodged by a benchmark participant under section 97CB of the Act.
"guaranteed customer service standard" means a service standard set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2 or Part 2 of Schedule 3 or, if the standard is varied as referred to in clause 44, the standard as so varied.
"last resort supply arrangements" means the electricity supply arrangements applicable under the plan required to be prepared and maintained by a retailer of last resort under clause 58.
"licence holder":

(a) for the purposes of a customer connection contract, means the service provider, and

(b) for the purposes of a customer supply contract, means the supplier.

"market operations rule" means a rule approved under section 63C of the Act.
"Ministerially recognised accreditation scheme" means a scheme recognised by the Minister under clause 88.
"Ministerially recognised accrediting agency" means an accrediting agency recognised by the Minister under clause 88.
"National Metering Identifier" means the National Metering Identifier issued at (or in relation to) a metering installation and registered with NEMMCO in accordance with the National Electricity Code .
"NECA" means the National Electricity Code Administrator Limited ACN 073 942 775.
"negotiated customer contract" means a negotiated customer connection contract or a negotiated customer supply contract.
"NEMMCO" means the National Electricity Market Management Company Limited ACN 072 010 327.
"new connection service" means a connection service that is to be provided under a customer connection contract in respect of the following premises owned or occupied by a small retail customer:

(a) premises that have never been connected to a distribution system,

(b) premises that have been previously connected to a distribution system but have no current connection to a distribution system because of action taken other than at a customer’s request.

"new occupant supply arrangement" means an electricity supply arrangement exempted from the operation of section 98 of the Act under clause 68 (2) (e).
"recognised code" or "recognised document", means a code or document approved in writing by the Director-General of the Ministry of Energy and Utilities, notice of which has been given in a newspaper circulating throughout the State.
"residential premises" means:

(a) any premises or part of premises (including any land occupied with the premises) used or intended to be used as a place of residence, and

(b) includes a moveable dwelling (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 ) or site on which a moveable dwelling is situated or intended to be situated (or both the moveable dwelling and the site), if the moveable dwelling is used or intended to be used as a place of residence.

"retailer of last resort" means a supplier to whose supplier’s licence is attached a retailer of last resort’s endorsement.
"retailer of last resort’s endorsement" means an endorsement of a kind referred to in clause 57.
"service provider" means a distribution network service provider.
"social program for energy" means a program to ensure that energy services (including connection services and electricity supply) are available to those who are in need, including those who suffer financial hardship and those who live in remote areas, and includes:

(a) any program for electricity bills payment assistance, and

(b) any program for rebates to eligible pensioners, and

(c) any program for rebates with respect to electricity used for life support systems.

"standard form customer contract" means a standard form customer connection contract or a standard form customer supply contract.
"supplier" means a retail supplier.
"the Act" means the Electricity Supply Act 1995 .

(2) Expressions defined for the purposes of Part 8A of the Act have the same meaning in this Regulation as they have in that Part.