ELECTRICITY REFORM ACT 2012

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Relationship to other State legislation
• 4 Interpretation

PART 2 - Electricity Reform Generally Division 1 - Electricity

• 5 Electricity reform objectives
• 6 Electricity reform measures

Division 2 - Ministerial responsibility for electricity reform

• 7 Ministerial control
• 8 Ministerial power of direction
• 9 Ministerial directions in relation to information held by Expert
Panel
• 10 Indemnity in respect of compliance with direction
• 11 Powers under this Division limited after 30 June 2015

PART 3 - Electricity Reform Co-ordinator

• 12 Electricity Reform Co-ordinator
• 13 Functions of Electricity Reform Co-ordinator
• 14 Powers of Electricity Reform Co-ordinator
• 15 Electricity Reform Co-ordinator may request assistance, &c.
• 16 Delegation
• 17 Immunity of Electricity Reform Co-ordinator and persons to whom
requests are made

PART 4 - Transfer of Certain Assets, Rights and Liabilities

• 18 Interpretation of Part 4
• 19 Transfer of assets, rights and liabilities between State-owned
electricity entities
• 20 Effect of transfer notice
• 21 Orders transferring employment of employees
• 22 Effect of order transferring employment of employee

PART 5 - Sale of Retail Business of Aurora Energy or Subsidiary

• 23 Sale of retail business of Aurora Energy or subsidiary
• 24 Contents of contracts for sale of retail business

PART 6 - Transfer to Crown of Remaining Business of Aurora,

• 25 Interpretation of Part 6
• 26 Remaining business of Aurora Energy, Transend or subsidiaries may be
transferred to Crown
• 27 Effect of transfer order
• 28 Deregistration of Aurora Energy and Transend and subsidiaries

PART 7 - Miscellaneous Division 1 - Relationship to certain

• 29 Relationship of this Act to Corporations Act
• 30 Relationship of this Act to Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of
the Commonwealth

Division 2 - Provisions relating to transfers and sales

• 31 Application of section 20 of Electricity Companies Act 1997
• 32 Power to disclose information
• 33 Protection in relation to disclosure or use of certain information
• 34 Protection for actions taken under this Act
• 35 Exemption from State tax
• 36 No Crown guarantee
• 37 Disputes as to whether business is transferred
• 38 Treasurer may amend constitution of State-owned electricity entity

Division 3 - Other matters

• 39 Extra-territorial operation
• 40 Decisions of shareholding Ministers not reviewable
• 41 Regulations
• 42 Administration of Act

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