Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY ACT 1945 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 2 May 2008 of the Electricity Act 1945 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table ³. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Electricity Act 1945	19 of 1945 (9 and 10 Geo. VI No. 19)	9 Jan 1946	29 Mar 1946 (see s. 1 and Gazette 29 Mar 1946 p. 310)
Electricity Act Amendment Act 1953	72 of 1953 (2 Eliz. II No. 72)	9 Jan 1954	9 Jan 1954
Reprint of the Electricity Act 1945 approved 11 Apr 1958 in Vol. 13 of Reprinted Acts (includes amendments listed above)
Decimal Currency Act 1965	113 of 1965	21 Dec 1965	Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1)); s. 4-9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))
Metric Conversion Act 1972	94 of 1972	4 Dec 1972	Relevant amendments (see First Sch. 4) took effect on 1 Jan 1974 (see s. 4(2) and Gazette 7 Dec 1973 p. 4490)
Reprint of the Electricity Act 1945 authorised 6 Aug 1973 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Metric Conversion Act 1972)
Electricity Act Amendment Act 1979	86 of 1979	11 Dec 1979	1 Feb 1980 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1 Feb 1980 p. 284)
Reprint of the Electricity Act 1945 approved 26 Jun 1984 (includes amendments listed above)
Commercial Arbitration Act 1985 s. 3(1)	109 of 1985	7 Jan 1986	1 Apr 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 28 Feb 1986 p. 605)
Electricity Amendment Act 1988	42 of 1988	30 Nov 1988	30 Nov 1988 (see s. 2)
Energy Corporations (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 Pt. 4 5	89 of 1994	15 Dec 1994	1 Jan 1995 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 23 Dec 1994 p. 7069)
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 27	78 of 1995	16 Jan 1996	4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Electricity Amendment Act 1996	63 of 1996	11 Nov 1996	s. 1 and 2: 11 Nov 1996; Act other than s. 1, 2 and 18: 25 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Dec 1996 p. 7097); s. 18: 8 Mar 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Mar 2002 p. 941)
Reprint of the Electricity Act 1945 as at 26 Feb 1997 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Electricity Amendment Act 1996 s. 18)
Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 Pt. 23	31 of 1997	3 Oct 1997	30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 31 and 76	10 of 1998	30 Apr 1998	30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2000 s. 14(13)	24 of 2000	4 Jul 2000	4 Jul 2000 (see s. 2)
Reprint 5: The Electricity Act 1945 as at 6 Jun 2003 (includes amendments listed above)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 48	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Electricity Legislation Amendment Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 1	33 of 2004	20 Oct 2004	31 Dec 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 23 Nov 2004 p. 5243)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141 6	59 of 2004 (as amended by No. 2 of 2008 s. 77(13))	23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 40 7	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Electricity Corporations Act 2005 s. 139	18 of 2005	13 Oct 2005	1 Apr 2006 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 31 Mar 2006 p. 1153)
Reprint 6: The Electricity Act 1945 as at 16 Dec 2005 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Electricity Corporations Act 2005)
Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 6 Div. 1	28 of 2006	26 Jun 2006	1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 17	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Gas and Electricity Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2007 Pt. 2	5 of 2007	18 Apr 2007	1 Dec 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Nov 2007 p. 5927)
Reprint 7: The Electricity Act 1945 as at 2 May 2008 (includes amendments listed above)

² Repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984.

³ Marginal notes in the Electricity Act 1945 referring to the legislation from which provisions were derived have been omitted from this reprint.

⁴ The Schedule to the Metric Conversion Act 1972 was redesignated as the First Schedule by the Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act 1973.

⁵ The Energy Corporations (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 s. 84 reads as follows:

“
84. Transitional provision

Every instrument under a provision of the principal Act in force immediately before the commencement of this Part is to continue to have effect after that commencement according to its terms and conditions, as if it had been made under that provision as amended by this Part.

”.

⁶ The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 16 was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).

⁷ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
apparatus 5(1)
consumer 5(1)
Coordinator 5(1)
declaration 6(4)
Director 5(1)
distribution licensee 5(1)
distribution works 5(1)
electric fitting 5(1)
electrical appliance 33A
electrical installation 33A
exempt operator 5(1)
generating station 5(1)
generating works 5(1)
inspector 5(1)
installation 5(1)
land 5(1)
Minister 5(1), (2) and (3)
network operator 5(1)
person concerned 12(2)
premises 5(1)
public authority 5(1)
relevant provision 6(4)
service apparatus 5(1)
specified 6(4), 32(4)
street 5(1)
supply authority 5(1)
transmission licensee 5(1)
transmission works 5(1)