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Queensland
ELECTRICITY
AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2)
1997
Queensland
ELECTRICITY AMENDMENT BILL
(No. 2) 1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Omission of s 7 (System control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of s 18 (Application of Act to government entities) . . . . . . . . 6
6 Amendment of s 26 (Generation authorities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 Amendment of s 27 (Conditions of generation authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Amendment of s 31 (Conditions of transmission authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Amendment of s 42 (Conditions of distribution authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Amendment of s 55D (Conditions of retail authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Amendment of s 60 (Conditions of special approval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s 87 (Connection of generating plant to
transmission grid or supply network only if authorised) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s 88 (Prohibition on operating transmission grid
unless authorised) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
14 Amendment of s 88A (Prohibition on operating supply network
unless authorised) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
15 Amendment of s 89 (Restriction on sale of electricity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
16 Amendment of ch 4, pt 2 (Market, settlements, system control
and pricing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
17 Replacement of ss 9092 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Division 1--Queensland System Operator
90 Appointment of Queensland System Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
91 Functions of Queensland System Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
92 Separation of functions of Queensland System Operator . . . . . . . . . 10
92A Responsibility for network control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
92B Queensland System Operator may give directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
92C Code participant or other persons must comply with direction . . . . 12
92D Action that may be taken for failure to comply with
direction or for a breach of the Market Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
92E Limitation of liability of Queensland System Operator . . . . . . . . . . 13
Division 2--Queensland Interim Market Code
92F Approval of Queensland Interim Market Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
92G Amendment of Market Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
92H Market Code to be open for inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
92I Registration with Queensland System Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
92J Queensland System Operator to operate market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
92K Proceedings in relation to the Market Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
92L Recovery of amounts payable under the Market Code . . . . . . . . . . . 16
92M Limitation of liability of other persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
92N Regulation making power about market and system
arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Division 3--Pricing
18 Amendment of s 93 (Powers (including reserve powers) about
electricity pricing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
19 Insertion of new s 116B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
116B Easements to include carriage services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
20 Amendment of s 133 (Types of disciplinary action) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
21 Insertion of new s 133A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
133A Disciplinary action under the Market Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
22 Amendment of s 178 (Issue of generation authorities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
23 Amendment of s 179 (Application for generation authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
24 Amendment of s 285 (Licences under s 138 of repealed Act) . . . . . . . . . . . 19
25 Insertion of new s 287A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
287A Gladstone power station arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
26 Amendment of ch 14, pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
27 Amendment of s 291 (Generation authorities for new generation
entities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
28 Amendment of s 295 (Expiry of State authorised supplier authorities) . . . . 20
29 Amendment of s 298 (Dispensing with formal requirements for
the issue of interim authorities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
30 Amendment of s 300 (Minister may give exemptions from
holding a retail authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
31 Insertion of new ss 300A and 300B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
300A Notifying exemption under s 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
300B Amending or cancelling exemption under s 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
32 Insertion of new ss 302A302C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
302A Interim registration under s 92I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
302B Amending or cancelling grant under s 302A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
302C Market Code replaces Queensland Grid Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
33 Amendment of sch 1 (Appeals against administrative decisions) . . . . . . . . 23
34 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
35 Amended Act--Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AMENDED ACT
1997
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Electricity Act 1994 and another Act and for
other purposes
s1 6 s6
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
1. This Act may be cited as the Electricity Amendment Act (No. 2) 1997. 3
4
Commencement
2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 5
amended 6
Act
3. This Act amends the Electricity Act 1994. 7
of s 7 (System control) 8
Omission
4. Section 7-- 9
omit. 10
of s 18 (Application of Act to government entities) 11
Amendment
5. Section 18(2)(e), after `(Gladstone power station provisions)'-- 12
insert-- 13
` and section 287A (Gladstone power station arrangements)'. 14
of s 26 (Generation authorities) 15
Amendment
6. Section 26(1)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(1) A "generation authority" authorises its holder-- 18
(a) to connect the generating plant stated in the authority to the 19
transmission grid or supply network stated in the authority; and 20
(b) to sell electricity-- 21
s7 7 s9
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
(i) if stated in the authority or otherwise authorised under this 1
Act--through the pool in accordance with the Market Code; 2
or 3
(ii) as stated in the authority or otherwise authorised under this 4
Act.'. 5
of s 27 (Conditions of generation authority) 6
Amendment
7.(1) Section 27(b)(ii)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(ii) if the entity is a code participant--the Market Code; and 9
(iii) if the entity is connected to the Queensland 10
system--directions given to it by the Queensland System 11
Operator under this Act or the Market Code; and'. 12
(2) Section 27(b)(iii) to (v)-- 13
renumber as section 27(iv) to (vi). 14
of s 31 (Conditions of transmission authority) 15
Amendment
8. Section 31(a)(ii)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(ii) if the entity is a code participant--the Market Code and 18
directions given to it by the Queensland System Operator 19
under this Act or the Market Code; and'. 20
of s 42 (Conditions of distribution authority) 21
Amendment
9.(1) Section 42, `distribution entity authority'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`distribution authority'. 24
(2) Section 42(a)(i)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
s 10 8 s 12
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
`(i) if the entity is a code participant--the Market Code and 1
directions given to it by the Queensland System Operator 2
under this Act or the Market Code; and'. 3
of s 55D (Conditions of retail authority) 4
Amendment
10.(1) After section 55D(b)-- 5
insert-- 6
`(c) if the retail entity is a code participant--the entity must comply 7
with the Market Code and directions given to it by the 8
Queensland System Operator under this Act or the Market 9
Code;'. 10
(2) Section 55D(c) to (e)-- 11
renumber as 55D(d) to (f). 12
of s 60 (Conditions of special approval) 13
Amendment
11.(1) Section 60(a)-- 14
insert-- 15
`(i) if the holder is a code participant--the Market Code; and 16
(ii) if connected to the Queensland system--directions given to 17
it by the Queensland System Operator under this Act or the 18
Market Code; and'. 19
(2) Section 60(a)(i) to (iii)-- 20
renumber as section 60(a)(iii) to (v). 21
of s 87 (Connection of generating plant to transmission 22
Amendment
grid or supply network only if authorised) 23
12. Section 87(2), after `this Act'-- 24
insert-- 25
`or the Market Code'. 26
s 13 9 s 16
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
of s 88 (Prohibition on operating transmission grid 1
Amendment
unless authorised) 2
13. Section 88(2), after `this Act'-- 3
insert-- 4
`or the Market Code'. 5
of s 88A (Prohibition on operating supply network 6
Amendment
unless authorised) 7
14. Section 88A(2), after `this Act'-- 8
insert-- 9
`or the Market Code'. 10
of s 89 (Restriction on sale of electricity) 11
Amendment
15.(1) Section 89(1)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(1) A person must not sell electricity other than in accordance with-- 14
(a) a generation authority or a retail authority held by the person; or 15
(b) any other authorisation to sell electricity under the Act. 16
Maximum penalty--5 000 penalty units.'. 17
(2) Section 89(2), after `this Act'-- 18
insert-- 19
`or the Market Code'. 20
of ch 4, pt 2 (Market, settlements, system control and 21
Amendment
pricing) 22
16. Chapter 4, part 2, heading-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`PART 2-- MARKET AND SYSTEM 25
ARRANGEMENTS AND PRICING'. 26
s 17 10 s 17
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
of ss 9092 1
Replacement
17. Sections 90 to 92-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
1--Queensland System Operator 4
`Division
of Queensland System Operator 5
`Appointment
`90. Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited is the 6
Queensland System Operator. 7
of Queensland System Operator 8
`Functions
`91.(1) The Queensland System Operator must administer the wholesale 9
market for electricity and seek to maintain the security and reliability of the 10
Queensland system in accordance with the Market Code. 11
`(2) For its function under subsection (1), the Queensland System 12
Operator also has the following functions-- 13
(a) monitoring, controlling and coordinating the transfer of electricity 14
to, from and along the transmission grid or grids; 15
(b) monitoring the actions of market participants and, if requested, 16
reporting on them to the Minister, the regulator or other person 17
responsible for market surveillance; 18
(c) regulating the measurement of the supply of electricity to, from 19
and along the transmission grid or grids; 20
(d) providing information and other services to facilitate decisions for 21
investment and the use of resources in the electricity industry; 22
(e) any other functions it may be given under a regulation. 23
of functions of Queensland System Operator 24
`Separation
`92.(1) Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited must 25
perform its functions as Queensland System Operator in a way that 26
separates the functions from its other functions. 27
s 17 11 s 17
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
`(2) The way in which the Queensland Electricity Transmission 1
Corporation Limited must perform its functions as Queensland System 2
Operator so that they are separate from its other functions may be provided 3
for under a regulation. 4
`(3) Without limiting subsection (2) a regulation may provide for-- 5
(a) the principles, policies and reporting procedures that must be 6
followed; and 7
(b) the funds, accounts and records that must be kept. 8
for network control 9
`Responsibility
`92A.(1) A distribution entity is responsible for network control of its 10
supply network. 11
`(2) However, a distribution entity is subject to directions given to it by 12
the Queensland System Operator under section 92B. 13
System Operator may give directions 14
`Queensland
`92B.(1) The Queensland System Operator may direct code participants 15
and other persons about things to be observed and action taken-- 16
(a) to ensure the reliability of supply of electricity in the Queensland 17
system; or 18
(b) to ensure the security of the Queensland system; or 19
(c) to maintain the voltage or reactive flow of power through the 20
Queensland system; or 21
(d) in the interest of public safety; or 22
(e) to give effect or to help give effect to a direction given or action 23
taken by the Queensland System Operator. 24
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1) a direction may require a code 25
participant or other person-- 26
(a) to switch off, reconnect or re-route the output of generating plant; 27
or 28
(b) to call equipment into service; or 29
s 17 12 s 17
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
(c) to take equipment out of service; or 1
(d) to begin operation or maintain, increase or reduce active or 2
reactive power output; or 3
(e) to shut down or vary operation; or 4
(f) to shed or restore customer load; or 5
(g) to disconnect a code participant's facilities, works or electrical 6
installations from a transmission grid or a supply network; or 7
(h) to do anything necessary or desirable in relation to a matter 8
mentioned in subsection (1). 9
participant or other persons must comply with direction 10
`Code
`92C. A code participant or other persons must comply with a direction 11
given to it by the Queensland System Operator under section 92B. 12
Maximum penalty--1 333 penalty units. 13
that may be taken for failure to comply with direction or for a 14
`Action
breach of the Market Code 15
`92D.(1) If a code participant or other person fails to comply with a 16
direction given to it by the Queensland System Operator under section 92B 17
or a code participant breaches a provision of the Market Code the 18
Queensland System Operator may take the action stated in subsection (2). 19
`(2) The Queensland System Operator may-- 20
(a) give directions under section 92B(2); or 21
(b) itself do, or authorise another person to do, anything it may direct 22
anyone to do under section 92B(2); or 23
(c) suspend the registration of a person as a code participant for a 24
stated period or until stated conditions are satisfied; or 25
(d) suspend other stated rights of the code participant under the 26
Market Code for a stated period or until stated conditions are 27
satisfied. 28
s 17 13 s 17
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
`(3) To remove doubt, it is declared that action under this section is in 1
addition to other action that may be taken by the Queensland System 2
Operator against a code participant or other person under this Act, the 3
Market Code, a regulation or otherwise. 4
of liability of Queensland System Operator 5
`Limitation
`92E.(1) The Queensland System Operator is not civilly liable to anyone 6
for anything done or omitted to be done in good faith by it in the exercise of 7
its powers and performance of its functions as Queensland System 8
Operator. 9
`(2) However, the Queensland System Operator may agree with a person 10
to vary or exclude the operation of subsection (1) in relation to the person. 11
`(3) In this section-- 12
"Queensland System Operator" includes-- 13
(a) agents appointed by the Queensland System Operator; and 14
(b) persons authorised by the Queensland System Operator under 15
section 92D(2). 16
2--Queensland Interim Market Code 17
`Division
of Queensland Interim Market Code 18
`Approval
`92F.(1) The Minister must approve a code of conduct called the 19
Queensland Interim Market Code for the administration of the pool. 20
`(2) The Minister must notify the approval of the Market Code by gazette 21
notice within 14 days. 22
`(3) The approval takes effect-- 23
(a) on a day stated in the notice; or 24
(b) if no day is stated in the notice--on the day the notice is given. 25
s 17 14 s 17
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
of Market Code 1
`Amendment
`92G.(1) The Minister may amend the Market Code by written notice to 2
the Queensland System Operator. 3
`(2) The amendment takes effect on the day, or on the day and at the time 4
stated in the Minister's written notice. 5
`(3) After amendment, the Market Code as amended becomes the 6
Market Code. 7
`(4) The Minister must notify the amendment, and when it took effect, 8
by gazette notice within 7 days. 9
Code to be open for inspection 10
`Market
`92H.(1) The regulator must keep a copy of the Market Code available 11
for inspection at the office of the regulator at any time when the regulator's 12
office is open for public business.1 13
`(2) The regulator must give a copy of the Market Code to anyone on 14
payment of an amount-- 15
(a) that the regulator considers reasonable; and 16
(b) that is not more than the reasonable cost of providing the copy. 17
with Queensland System Operator 18
`Registration
`92I.(1) A person must not engage in the activity of owning, controlling 19
or operating-- 20
(a) generating plant that supplies electricity to the Queensland 21
system; or 22
(b) a transmission grid or supply network forming part of the 23
Queensland system; 24
unless the person is registered by the Queensland System Operator under 25
the Market Code as a code participant for the activity or exempted from 26
registration under the Market Code. 27
Maximum penalty--1 333 penalty units. 28
1 The office of the regulator is located at 61 Mary Street, Brisbane.
s 17 15 s 17
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
`(2) A person ("the purchaser") must not purchase electricity from a 1
person administering a market for wholesale trade in electricity unless-- 2
(a) the person administering the market is the Queensland System 3
Operator; and 4
(b) the purchaser is registered by the Queensland System Operator 5
under the Market Code as a code participant for the purchase, or 6
is exempted under the Market Code from the requirement to be 7
registered for the purchase. 8
Maximum penalty--1 333 penalty units. 9
System Operator to operate market 10
`Queensland
`92J. A person, other than the Queensland System Operator, must not 11
engage in the activity of administering or operating a market for wholesale 12
trade in electricity. 13
Maximum penalty--1 333 penalty units. 14
in relation to the Market Code 15
`Proceedings
`92K.(1) A person may bring proceedings against a code participant for 16
an alleged contravention of the Market Code only if the alleged 17
contravention is recognised under the Market Code or this Act, as a 18
contravention giving rise to an obligation or liability of the code participant 19
to the person. 20
`(2) A person may not in any proceedings rely on an alleged 21
contravention of the Market Code by another person unless the person and 22
the other person are code participants. 23
`(3) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2)-- 24
(a) affects the right of a person to bring proceedings in relation to a 25
matter or thing, or seek a relief or remedy, if the cause of action 26
arises, or the relief or remedy is sought, on grounds that do not 27
rely on the Market Code; or 28
(b) prevents the use of the Market Code in any proceedings as 29
evidence of standards of conduct, practices, procedures or rules 30
that apply in the electricity industry. 31
s 18 16 s 18
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
of amounts payable under the Market Code 1
`Recovery
`92L. If an amount payable under the Market Code by one code 2
participant to another remains unpaid for 28 days it may be recovered as a 3
civil debt in a court of competent jurisdiction. 4
of liability of other persons 5
`Limitation
`92M.(1) This section applies to a member of any of the following 6
panels established under the Market Code-- 7
(a) the code change panel; 8
(b) the dispute resolution panel; 9
(c) the reliability panel. 10
`(2) The member is not civilly liable to a code participant or anyone else 11
because of an act or omission done in good faith as a member of the panel. 12
making power about market and system arrangements 13
`Regulation
`92N. A regulation may make provision for any matter about market and 14
system arrangements including, for example, about-- 15
(a) procedures for registration with the Queensland System Operator; 16
or 17
(b) the appointment of persons to exercise powers and perform 18
functions under the Market Code. 19
3--Pricing'. 20
`Division
of s 93 (Powers (including reserve powers) about 21
Amendment
electricity pricing) 22
18. Section 93(1)(b), `the regulations'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`this Act'. 25
s 19 17 s 20
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
of new s 116B 1
Insertion
19. After section 116A-- 2
insert-- 3
to include carriage services 4
`Easements
`116B.(1) Despite anything to the contrary in any Act or instrument, an 5
easement, licence or consent to which a transmission or distribution entity is 6
entitled may be used by the entity or another person authorised by the entity 7
for the provision of a carriage service or content service. 8
`(2) This section does not authorise a transmission or distribution entity 9
to take land under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967 only for a carriage 10
service or content service. 11
`(3) In this section-- 12
"carriage service" has the meaning given in the Telecommunications Act 13
1997 (Cwlth). 14
"content service" has the meaning given in the Telecommunications Act 15
1997 (Cwlth). 16
of s 133 (Types of disciplinary action) 17
Amendment
20.(1) Section 133(2), `400'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`1 333'. 20
(2) Section 133(3), `supply entity or authorised supplier'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`generation entity or retail entity'. 23
(3) Section 133(3), after `this Act'-- 24
insert-- 25
`or the Market Code'. 26
s 21 18 s 22
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
of new s 133A 1
Insertion
21. After section 133-- 2
insert-- 3
action under the Market Code 4
`Disciplinary
`133A.(1) If a code participant or other person fails to comply with a 5
direction given to it by the Queensland System Operator under section 92B, 6
or a code participant fails to comply with a provision of the Market Code, 7
the regulator may make 1 or more of the orders mentioned in 8
subsection (2). 9
`(2) The orders that may be made are-- 10
(a) to stop, within a stated time, the act, activity or practice that is the 11
non-compliance with the direction or failure to comply with the 12
Market Code; or 13
(b) to take the action or adopt the practice the regulator requires for 14
remedying or preventing a recurrence the non-compliance with 15
the direction or failure to comply with the Market Code; or 16
(c) to carry out a stated program for compliance with-- 17
(i) for a code participant--directions given by the Queensland 18
System Operator and the Market Code; or 19
(ii) for another person--directions given by the Queensland 20
System Operator. 21
`(3) To remove doubt, it is declared that action by the regulator under this 22
section does not affect any other action that may be taken about the matters 23
mentioned in subsection (1).'. 24
of s 178 (Issue of generation authorities) 25
Amendment
22. Section 178(2)(c)-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`(c) whether the person is authorised to sell electricity and, if so, the 28
basis of the authorisation; and 29
(d) the term of the authority.'. 30
s 23 19 s 26
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
of s 179 (Application for generation authority) 1
Amendment
23. Section 179(1)(b)-- 2
insert-- 3
`(iii) whether the applicant intends to sell electricity and, if so, the 4
basis on which the applicant intends to sell; and'. 5
of s 285 (Licences under s 138 of repealed Act) 6
Amendment
24. Section 285(1)(b), `supply entity or authorised supplier'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`distribution entity or retail entity'. 9
of new s 287A 10
Insertion
25. After section 287-- 11
insert-- 12
power station arrangements 13
`Gladstone
`287A.(1) A regulation may limit the power of the Queensland System 14
Operator to do anything, or to give a code participant a direction requiring it 15
to do anything, that is inconsistent with the obligations of the Queensland 16
System Operator or the code participant under a transaction document. 17
`(2) The application of this Act may be changed under the State 18
agreement or a further agreement under the Gladstone Power Station 19
Agreement Act 1993. 20
`(3) In this section-- 21
"State agreement" has the meaning given in Gladstone Power Station 22
Agreement Act 1993. 23
"transaction document" has the meaning given in Gladstone Power 24
Station Agreement Act 1993.'. 25
of ch 14, pt 2 26
Amendment
26. Chapter 14, part 2, heading after `1997'-- 27
s 27 20 s 30
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
insert-- 1
`AND ELECTRICITY AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1997'. 2
of s 291 (Generation authorities for new generation 3
Amendment
entities) 4
27. Section 291(3)(b)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(b) sell electricity through the pool in accordance with the Market 7
Code or as otherwise approved by the Minister; and 8
(c) perform other functions approved by the Minister.'. 9
of s 295 (Expiry of State authorised supplier authorities) 10
Amendment
28. Section 295(f) and (g), `1966'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`1996'. 13
of s 298 (Dispensing with formal requirements for the 14
Amendment
issue of interim authorities) 15
29.(1) Section 298, heading, `interim'-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 298(1), `interim'-- 18
omit. 19
of s 300 (Minister may give exemptions from holding a 20
Amendment
retail authority) 21
30.(1) Section 300, heading, `a retail authority'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`an authority or being authorised to sell'. 24
(2) Section 300(1)-- 25
s 31 21 s 31
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
omit, insert-- 1
`(1) The Minister may exempt a person or class of person from 2
section 89(1).'. 3
of new ss 300A and 300B 4
Insertion
31. After section 300-- 5
insert-- 6
exemption under s 300 7
`Notifying
`300A.(1) If the Minister gives an exemption under section 300, the 8
Minister must notify the making of the exemption by gazette notice within 9
14 days. 10
`(2) The notice must state any conditions on which the exemption is 11
given. 12
`(3) Failure to notify under subsection (1) does not invalidate the 13
exemption. 14
`(4) This section expires when section 300 expires. 15
or cancelling exemption under s 300 16
`Amending
`300B.(1) The Minister may amend or cancel an exemption under 17
section 300. 18
`(2) If an exemption is amended or cancelled, the Minister must-- 19
(a) give notice of the amendment or cancellation to the holder of the 20
exemption within 7 days;2 and 21
(b) publish a copy of the notice in the gazette within 14 days. 22
`(3) An amendment or cancellation takes effect-- 23
(a) on a day stated in the notice; or 24
2 Under the Judicial Review Act 1991, part 4 a person aggrieved by an
administrative decision of the Minister can ask the Minister to give a written
statement of reasons for the decision, if they are not given. See the Acts
Interpretation Act 1954, section 27B (Content of statement of reasons for
decision) for what the Minister must set out in those reasons.
s 32 22 s 32
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
(b) if no day is stated in the notice--on the day the notice is given. 1
`(4) This section expires when section 300 expires.'. 2
of new ss 302A302C 3
Insertion
32. After section 302-- 4
insert-- 5
registration under s 92I 6
`Interim
`302A.(1) If the Minister is satisfied that a person is entitled to be 7
registered as a code participant under section 92I, the Minister may grant the 8
person interim registration for the person's activity. 9
`(2) If the Minister grants interim registration the Minister must notify 10
the grant by gazette notice within 14 days. 11
`(3) The notice must state any conditions on which the grant is given. 12
`(4) A person granted interim registration is taken to be registered until 13
the first occurring of the following-- 14
(a) registration by the Queensland System Operator under 15
section 92I; 16
(b) 1 January 1998. 17
or cancelling grant under s 302A 18
`Amending
`302B.(1) The Minister may amend or cancel a grant under 19
section 302A. 20
`(2) If a grant is amended or cancelled, the Minister must-- 21
(a) give notice of the amendment or cancellation to the holder of the 22
grant within 7 days; and 23
(b) publish a copy of the notice in the gazette within 14 days. 24
`(3) An amendment or cancellation takes effect-- 25
(a) on a day stated in the notice; or 26
(b) if no day is stated in the notice--on the day the notice is given. 27
s 33 23 s 34
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
Code replaces Queensland Grid Code 1
`Market
`302C.(1) This section applies for any reference in any Act or document 2
to the Queensland Grid Code as applied under this Act. 3
`(2) If the Market Code deals with matters that the Queensland Grid 4
Code also deals with, the Market Code replaces the Queensland Grid Code 5
to the extent that the Market Code deals with those matters.'. 6
of sch 1 (Appeals against administrative decisions) 7
Amendment
33. Schedule 1, `134' and the entry opposite-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`134 Disciplinary action taken against electricity Supreme'.
entity
of sch 5 (Dictionary) 10
Amendment
34. Schedule 5-- 11
insert-- 12
` "code participant" means the Queensland System Operator or a person 13
registered with the Queensland System Operator as a code participant. 14
"Market Code" means the code of conduct called the Queensland Interim 15
Market Code approved by the Minister under section 92F as the code 16
of conduct for the purposes of this Act and, if the code is amended, the 17
code as amended. 18
"pool" means the market for wholesale trading in electricity administered 19
by the Queensland System Operator. 20
"Queensland grid code" means the Code of Conduct for the 21
Interconnected Queensland Network first published by the department 22
on 28 November 1994. 23
"Queensland system" means the interconnected power system that is 24
connected to and includes the 275 kV transmission grid in 25
Queensland. 26
"Queensland System Operator" see section 90. 27
s 35 24 s 35
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
"trading arrangements" means arrangements about trading in electricity 1
under this Act or the Market Code by electricity entities, customers, 2
electricity brokers and other persons.'. 3
Act--Schedule 4
Amended
35. The schedule amends the Act mentioned in it. 5
6
25
Electricity Amendment (No. 2)
CHEDULE 1
¡S
AMENDED ACT 2
section 35 3
GLADSTONE POWER STATION AGREEMENT ACT 4
1993 5
1. Section 5-- 6
insert-- 7
`(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), the further agreement may add or 8
delete a party to the State agreement.'. 9
10
© State of Queensland 1997
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