Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electricity Industry Act 2000 - SECT 21

Specific licence conditions

21. Specific licence conditions

Without limiting the generality of section 20, the conditions on a licence may
include provisions-

   (a)  requiring the licensee to pay specified fees and charges in respect of
        the licence to the Commission;

   (b)  requiring the licensee to enter into agreements on specified terms or
        on terms of a specified type;

   (c)  requiring a retailer to have such agreements with one or more
        distribution companies as are necessary to ensure that, subject this
        Act, electricity is distributed or supplied to the extent necessary to
        enable the retailer to sell electricity to its customers;

   (d)  requiring a distribution company to have such agreements with
        retailers as are necessary to ensure that, subject to this Act,
        electricity is distributed or supplied to the extent necessary to
        enable the retailers to sell electricity to their customers;

   (e)  requiring a distribution company-

   (i)  to prepare standard agreements for the purposes of paragraphs (c) and
        (d); and

   (ii) to submit those standard agreements to the Commission for approval;
        and

   (iii) to offer a standard agreement approved by the Commission to a
        retailer for the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d);

   (f)  subject to section 47, requiring a retailer to enter into an agreement
        with the State for the provision of community services;

   (g)  requiring a distribution company to comply with requirements relating
        to the provision of public lighting;



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   (j)  requiring the licensee to inform customers from time to time of the
        arrangements in place or proposed to be in place to allow them to
        elect to become a customer of another licensee;

   (k)  requiring a licensee to give notice to customers of the existence of
        deemed contracts under section 39 and the methods by which those
        contracts may be terminated and requiring the licensee to provide for
        cooling-off periods approved by the Commission for the termination of
        those contracts;

   (l)  requiring the licensee to observe specified Orders in Council,
        industry codes, standards, rules and guidelines, with such
        modifications or exemptions as may be specified by the Commission;

   (m)  requiring the licensee to maintain specified accounting records and to
        prepare accounts according to specified principles;

   (n)  specifying requirements about the ownership of real or personal
        property used in or in connection with the carrying on of the
        activities authorised by the licence;

   (o)  preventing the licensee from engaging in or undertaking specified
        business activities;

   (p)  specifying methods or principles to be applied by the licensee in
        determining prices or charges;

   (q)  specifying methods or principles to be applied in the conduct of
        activities authorised by the licence;

   (r)  specifying procedures for variation or revocation of the licence;

   (s)  specifying the procedures to apply if an administrator is appointed
        under section 34;

   (t)  requiring the licensee to provide, in the manner and form specified by
        the Commission, such information as the Commission may from time to
        time require;

   (u)  requiring the licensee to develop, issue and comply with
        customer-related standards, procedures, policies and practices
        (including with respect to the payment of compensation to customers);



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