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Queensland
Energy Legislation
Amendment Bill 2005
Queensland
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Act 1994
3 Act amended in pt 2 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 112A (Clearing native vegetation for operating
works on freehold land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Omission of s 123 (Expiry of electricity restriction regulation) . . . 4
6 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Part 3 Amendment of Electricity--National Scheme (Queensland)
Act 1997
7 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Omission of preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 8 (Interpretation of expressions in National
Electricity (Queensland) Law and National Electricity
(Queensland) Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 9 (Attachment--National Electricity Law) . . . . . 6
Part 4 Amendment of Gas Supply Act 2003
11 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 18 (Who is a protected customer) . . . . . . . . . . . 7
13 Amendment of s 23 (Types of distribution authority and their
distributors) .................................... 7
14 Amendment of s 26 (Types of retail authority and their retailers) . 7
15 Amendment of s 28 (Requirements for application) . . . . . . . . . . . 7
16 Amendment of s 29 (Public notice by regulator and submissions) 8
17 Omission of s 30 (Competitive tender process for greenfield
distribution authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
18 Amendment of s 31 (Deciding application). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
19 Omission of s 33 (Additional criteria for greenfield distribution
authority application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
20 Amendment of s 34 (Term of authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
21 Amendment of s 37 (Issue and public notice of authority) . . . . . . 9
22 Omission of ss 44 and 45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
23 Amendment of s 52 (Amendments for which proposed action
notice is not required). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
24 Amendment of s 55 (Applying for amendment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
25 Amendment of s 64 (Applying for renewal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
26 Amendment of s 102 (Application of pt 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
27 Amendment of s 149 (Requirements for application) . . . . . . . . . . 10
28 Amendment of s 150 (Public notice by regulator and
submissions) .................................. 10
29 Omission of s 153 (Additional criteria for exclusive retail
authority application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
30 Amendment of s 154 (Term of authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
31 Amendment of s 157 (Issue and public notice of authority) . . . . . 11
32 Amendment of s 159 (Operation of div 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
33 Amendment of s 167 (General right of retailer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
34 Omission of s 170 (Exclusive rights must not be contravened) . . 11
35 Amendment of s 188 (Applying for renewal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
36 Amendment of s 309 (Keeping of register). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
37 Amendment of s 327 (New area distribution authorities--sch 3,
pt 1) ......................................... 12
38 Amendment of s 328 (New area retail authorities--sch 3, pt 2) . . 12
39 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Schedule Minor amendments of Electricity Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2005
A Bill
for
an Act to amend the Electricity Act 1994, the
Electricity--National Scheme (Queensland) Act 1997 and the
Gas Supply Act 2003
s1 4 s5
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Energy Legislation Amendment 4
Act 2005. 5
Clause 2 Commencement 6
Section 4 commences on 1 April 2006. 7
Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Act 8
1994 9
Clause 3 Act amended in pt 2 and schedule 10
This part and the schedule amend the Electricity Act 1994. 11
Clause 4 Amendment of s 112A (Clearing native vegetation for 12
operating works on freehold land) 13
Section 112A(2), after `entity'-- 14
insert-- 15
`or distribution entity'. 16
Clause 5 Omission of s 123 (Expiry of electricity restriction 17
regulation) 18
Section 123-- 19
omit. 20
s6 5 s6
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Clause 6 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule 5, definitions approved industry superannuation 2
scheme, code participant, Market Code, National Electricity 3
Tribunal, NECA, and Queensland System Operator-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Schedule 5-- 6
insert-- 7
`Australian Energy Regulator or AER has the meaning given 8
in the National Electricity (Queensland) Law. 9
National Electricity Rules or Rules has the meaning given in 10
the National Electricity (Queensland) Law. 11
Registered participant has the meaning given in the National 12
Electricity (Queensland) Law. 13
System Operator has the meaning given in the National 14
Electricity Rules.'. 15
(3) Schedule 5, definition national grid, `by the Market Code'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`in the National Electricity Rules'. 18
(4) Schedule 5, definition spot market, `Market Code'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`National Electricity Rules'. 21
(5) Schedule 5, definition trading arrangements, `Market 22
Code'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`National Electricity Rules'. 25
s7 6 s 10
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Part 3 Amendment of 1
Electricity--National Scheme 2
(Queensland) Act 1997 3
Clause 7 Act amended in pt 3 4
This part amends the Electricity--National Scheme 5
(Queensland) Act 1997. 6
Clause 8 Omission of preamble 7
Preamble-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 9 Amendment of s 8 (Interpretation of expressions in 10
National Electricity (Queensland) Law and National 11
Electricity (Queensland) Regulations) 12
(1) Section 8(1), definition Supreme Court-- 13
omit. 14
(2) Section 8(1), `the jurisdiction or'-- 15
omit. 16
Clause 10 Amendment of s 9 (Attachment--National Electricity Law) 17
Section 9(4)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(4) A copy of an Act passed by the Parliament of South Australia 20
that amends the National Electricity Law must be tabled in the 21
Legislative Assembly by the Minister within 14 sitting days 22
after it receives the Royal Assent.'. 23
s 11 7 s 15
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Part 4 Amendment of Gas Supply Act 1
2003 2
Clause 11 Act amended in pt 4 3
This part amends the Gas Supply Act 2003. 4
Clause 12 Amendment of s 18 (Who is a protected customer) 5
(1) Section 18(b)-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Section 18(c)-- 8
renumber as section 18(b). 9
Clause 13 Amendment of s 23 (Types of distribution authority and 10
their distributors) 11
Section 23(5)-- 12
omit. 13
Clause 14 Amendment of s 26 (Types of retail authority and their 14
retailers) 15
(1) Section 26(4) and (5)-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 26(6) and (7)-- 18
renumber as section 26(4) and (5). 19
Clause 15 Amendment of s 28 (Requirements for application) 20
(1) Section 28(c)-- 21
omit. 22
(2) Section 28(d) to (f)-- 23
renumber as section 28(c) to (e). 24
s 16 8 s 20
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Clause 16 Amendment of s 29 (Public notice by regulator and 1
submissions) 2
Section 29(2)(a)(v)-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 17 Omission of s 30 (Competitive tender process for 5
greenfield distribution authority) 6
Section 30-- 7
omit. 8
Clause 18 Amendment of s 31 (Deciding application) 9
Section 31(3)-- 10
omit. 11
Clause 19 Omission of s 33 (Additional criteria for greenfield 12
distribution authority application) 13
Section 33-- 14
omit. 15
Clause 20 Amendment of s 34 (Term of authority) 16
(1) Section 34(2) and (3)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(2) The regulator may decide to grant the authority for a stated 19
term.'. 20
(2) Section 34(4), `other than a greenfield distribution 21
authority'-- 22
omit. 23
(3) Section 34(4)-- 24
renumber as section 34(3). 25
s 21 9 s 26
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Clause 21 Amendment of s 37 (Issue and public notice of authority) 1
Section 37(3)(b)(iv)-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 22 Omission of ss 44 and 45 4
Sections 44 and 45-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 23 Amendment of s 52 (Amendments for which proposed 7
action notice is not required) 8
Section 52(2)-- 9
omit. 10
Clause 24 Amendment of s 55 (Applying for amendment) 11
Section 55(1)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(1) A distributor may, in the approved form, apply to the regulator 14
to amend its authority in a stated way, other than to amend a 15
condition imposed under division 2.'. 16
Clause 25 Amendment of s 64 (Applying for renewal) 17
Section 64(1), `, other than a greenfield distribution 18
authority,'-- 19
omit. 20
Clause 26 Amendment of s 102 (Application of pt 3) 21
Section 102, `a greenfield distribution authority or other'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`an'. 24
s 27 10 s 30
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Clause 27 Amendment of s 149 (Requirements for application) 1
(1) Section 149(b) and (c)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) if it is for an area retail authority--describe the area; 4
and'. 5
(2) Section 149(d)-- 6
renumber as section 149(c). 7
Clause 28 Amendment of s 150 (Public notice by regulator and 8
submissions) 9
(1) Section 150(2)(a)(iv)-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 150(2)(a)(v) and (vi)-- 12
renumber as section 150(2)(a)(iv) and (v). 13
Clause 29 Omission of s 153 (Additional criteria for exclusive retail 14
authority application) 15
Section 153-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 30 Amendment of s 154 (Term of authority) 18
(1) Section 154(2) and (3)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(2) The regulator may decide to grant the authority for a stated 21
term.'. 22
(2) Section 154(4), `other than an exclusive retail authority'-- 23
omit. 24
(3) Section 154(4)-- 25
renumber as section 154(3). 26
s 31 11 s 35
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Clause 31 Amendment of s 157 (Issue and public notice of 1
authority) 2
(1) Section 157(3)(b)(iii)-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Section 157(3)(b)(iv)-- 5
renumber as section 157(3)(b)(iii). 6
Clause 32 Amendment of s 159 (Operation of div 2) 7
Section 159(3)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(3) As well as imposing a condition, sections 162, 163, 169 and 10
171 also impose a penalty.'. 11
Clause 33 Amendment of s 167 (General right of retailer) 12
Section 167(2)-- 13
omit. 14
Clause 34 Omission of s 170 (Exclusive rights must not be 15
contravened) 16
Section 170-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 35 Amendment of s 188 (Applying for renewal) 19
(1) Section 188(1) and (2)-- 20
omit. 21
(2) Section 188(3), `, other than an exclusive retailer'-- 22
omit. 23
(3) Section 188(3) and (4)-- 24
renumber as section 188(1) and (2). 25
s 36 12 s 39
Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
Clause 36 Amendment of s 309 (Keeping of register) 1
(1) Section 309(1)(a), `(e)'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(d)'. 4
(2) Section 309(1)(b), `to (c)'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`and (b)'. 7
Clause 37 Amendment of s 327 (New area distribution 8
authorities--sch 3, pt 1) 9
Section 327(4)-- 10
omit. 11
Clause 38 Amendment of s 328 (New area retail authorities--sch 3, 12
pt 2) 13
Section 328(4)-- 14
omit. 15
Clause 39 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 16
(1) Schedule 4, definitions exclusive retail authority, exclusive 17
retailer and greenfield distribution authority-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Schedule 4, definition general retail authority, `26(6)'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`26(4)'. 22
(3) Schedule 4, definition general retailer, `26(7)'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`26(5)'. 25
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Schedule Minor amendments of 1
Electricity Act 1994 2
section 4 3
1 Sections 20O, 26(1)(b)(i), 27, 31(a)(ii), 33(3), 36A(2), 4
42(a)(i), 45A(2), 55D(c), 60(1)(a), 87(2), 88(2), 88A(2), 89(2), 5
89B, 117(1A), 120ZCA(1), 135AC(a), 135AO(4), 135CT(2), 6
135FW(a), 135HX(2)(a), 135JA(3)(c) and 205(4)(a), `Market 7
Code'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`National Electricity Rules'. 10
2 Sections 27(b)(ii), 31(a)(ii), 42(a)(i), 55D(c), 60(1)(a), 97(1), 11
130(1)(a)(iii), 287A(1), `code participant'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Registered participant'. 14
3 Section 97, heading, `code participants'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Registered participants'. 17
4 Section 97A(1), `78'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`120'. 20
5 Section 120ZX, heading, `electricity entity'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`party to dispute'. 23
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Schedule (continued)
6 Section 130(1)(a)(iii)(B), `NECA or the National Electricity 1
Tribunal'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`the Australian Energy Regulator or a court'. 4
7 Section 135AC(b), `code'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Rules'. 7
8 Section 135AD(1)(c)(i)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(i) is of the prescribed quality for fuel gas under the 10
Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 11
2004 (whether or not the gas is fuel gas as defined 12
under that Act); or'. 13
9 Section 138(3), `and electricity officer'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`an electricity officer'. 16
10 Sections 183A(2)(a)(ii), 192A(2)(a)(ii), 200A(2)(a)(ii), 17
207AB(2)(a)(ii) and 211C(2)(a)(ii), `; or'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`; and'. 20
11 Section 205(3)(e), `paragraphs (a) to (c)'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`paragraphs (b) to (d)'. 23
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Schedule (continued)
12 Section 205(4)(b), `Market Code contains'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`National Electricity Rules contain'. 3
13 Section 225(1)(b), `District Courts Act 1967'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`District Court of Queensland Act 1967'. 6
14 Section 262(4), `approved industry superannuation 7
scheme'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Electricity Supply Industry Superannuation Fund (Qld)'. 10
15 Section 266, `(electricity appliances)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(electrical appliances)'. 13
16 Section 280(1)-- 14
insert-- 15
16
`Notes--
17
1 For the definition of approved industry superannuation scheme, see
18
this Act as passed, section 261.
19
2 For the approval day, see the Electricity Regulation 1994, section
20
241.'.
17 Section 287A(1), `Queensland System Operator'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`System Operator in Queensland'. 23
16
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Schedule (continued)
18 Section 302C, `Market Code replaces'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`National Electricity Rules replace'. 3
19 Section 302C, `Market Code deals'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`National Electricity Rules deal'. 6
© State of Queensland 2005
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