Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

NATIONAL ENERGY RETAIL LAW (ACT) ACT 2012 (NO. 31 OF 2012)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Dictionary  
   4.      Terms used in National Energy Retail Law  
   5.      Notes  

   PART 2--ADOPTION OF NATIONAL ENERGY RETAIL LAW

   6.      Application of National Energy Retail Law  
   7.      Application of regulations under National Energy Retail Law  
   8.      Interpretation of certain terms  
   9.      Exclusion of legislation of ACT and SA  

   PART 3--RELATED MATTERS

   10.     Conferral of functions on Commonwealth bodies to act in ACT  
   11.     Extension of reading-down provision  

   PART 4--VALIDATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND DECISIONS OF AER--ENERGY RETAIL LAWS

   12.     Validation of instruments and decisions made by AER  
   13.     AER—authorisation of preparatory steps  

   PART 5--IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL LAW IN ACT

           Division 5.1--Price regulation

   14.     Standing offer prices to be consistent with price directions for small  

           Division 5.2--Border area arrangements

   15.     Definitions—div 5.2  
   16.     Application—div 5.2  
   17.     NSW energy retail law applies to certain people and areas instead of local energy  

           Division 5.3--Other matters

   18.     Interest charges  
   19.     Small market offer customers  
   20.     Small compensation claims regime  

   PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

   21.     Provision of information by ICRC  
   22.     Extension of AER functions and powers  
   23.     Regulation-making power  
   24.     Local instruments for National Energy Retail Law (ACT)  

   PART 10--TRANSITIONAL

           Division 10.1--Interpretation

   50.     Definitions—pt 10  

           Division 10.2--Customer retail contracts

   51.     Standard customer contracts replaced by standard retail contracts  
   52.     Negotiated customer contracts to become market retail contracts  
   53.     Certain rights and liabilities under or in relation to s 51 and s 52  

           Division 10.3--Customer connection contracts

   54.     Standard customer contracts replaced by standard connection  
   55.     Negotiated customer contracts to become negotiated connection  

           Division 10.4--Applications for connection and supply

   56.     Application for electricity connection service under Utilities Act  
   57.     Application for supply of electricity or gas under Utilities Act  

           Division 10.5--Customer hardship

   58.     Customer taken to be hardship customer  

           Division 10.6--Complaints

   59.     Complaints to utilities  
   60.     Complaints to ACAT  

           Division 10.7--Contraventions of licence conditions under Utilities Act

   61.     Contravention of licence condition by utility  

           Division 10.8--Exempt sellers

   62.     Exempt sellers—conditions  

           Division 10.9--Miscellaneous

   63.     Transitional regulations  
   64.      Expiry—pt 10  
           DICTIONARY
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