NATIONAL ELECTRICITY (VICTORIA) ACT 2005 - SECT 15 Modification of application of National Electricity Law and National Electricity Rules by Order
NATIONAL ELECTRICITY (VICTORIA) ACT 2005 - SECT 15
Modification of application of National Electricity Law and National Electricity Rules by Order(1) The Minister, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may declare that, despite section 6—
(a) a provision of the NEL that relates to the economic regulation of the provision of distribution services—
(i) does not apply as a law of Victoria until a date specified in the Order (being a date that is not after the Victorian distribution pricing determination end date);
(ii) ceases to apply as a law of Victoria for the period specified in the Order (not being a period that ends after the Victorian distribution pricing determination end date);
(iii) applies as a law of Victoria with any modifications that are specified in the Order for the period specified in the Order (not being a period that ends after the Victorian distribution pricing determination end date);
(b) a provision of the National Electricity Rules that relates to the economic regulation of the provision of distribution services—
(i) does not have the force of law in Victoria until a date specified in the Order (being a date that is not after the Victorian distribution pricing determination end date);
(ii) ceases to have the force of law in Victoria for the period specified in the Order (not being a period that ends after the Victorian distribution pricing determination end date);
(iii) has the force of law in Victoria with any modifications that are specified in the Order for the period specified in the Order (not being a period that ends after the Victorian distribution pricing determination end date).
(2) Despite section 6—
(a) the NEL applies as a law of Victoria subject to any Order under subsection (1) that is in force;
(b) the National Electricity Rules have the force of law in Victoria subject to any Order under subsection (1) that is in force.
New s. 16 inserted by No. 66/2007 s. 4.