Electricity Industry Act 2004

Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Operators) Exemption Order 2005

 

Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Operators) Exemption Order 2005

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Terms used in this order1

4.Electricity services1

5.Exemption1

6.Conditions of exemption1

Notes

Compilation table1

Defined terms

 

Electricity Industry Act 2004

Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Operators) Exemption Order 2005

1.Citation

This order is the Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Operators) Exemption Order 2005.

2.Commencement

This order comes into operation on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

3.Terms used in this order

In this order —

caravan park has the meaning given to that term in the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 section 5(1);

caravan park operator means a person who owns or operates a caravan park;

electricity reticulation system means any apparatus, plant or equipment in a caravan park used for, or in connection with, the transportation of electricity to a site;

electricity services has the meaning given to that term in clause 4;

permanent park resident means a person who occupies a site in a caravan park as the person’s principal place of residence;

site has the meaning given to that term in the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995 section 5(1).

4.Electricity services

(1)Electricity services are services for, or in connection with, the supply of electricity.

(2)Without limiting subclause (1), electricity services include —

(a)the provision and maintenance of an electricity reticulation system;

(b)the connection of a site to an electricity reticulation system;

(c)the provision, maintenance and reading of a meter to measure and record the quantity of electricity supplied to a site;

(d)the preparation and issue of accounts in relation to the supply of electricity to a site; and

(e)anything incidental to or associated with a matter referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).

5.Exemption

A caravan park operator is exempt from section 7(1), (3) and (4) of the Electricity Industry Act 2004 in relation to the supply of electricity at the caravan park subject to the conditions described in clause 6.

6.Conditions of exemption

(1)Unless subclause (2) applies, any charge imposed by the caravan park operator for electricity supplied to a site occupied by a permanent park resident must not exceed 13.94 cents per kilowatt hour.

(2)If the electricity supplied to a site occupied by a permanent park resident is generated using generating works that are owned or operated by the caravan park operator, any charge imposed by the caravan park operator for that electricity must not exceed the amount necessary for the caravan park operator to recover the costs of generation.

(3)Any fees or charges imposed by the caravan park operator for the provision of electricity services in relation to a site occupied by a permanent park resident must not, in total, exceed 25.57 cents per day.

(4)The caravan park operator must make available to each permanent park resident information that clearly sets out —

(a)the quantity of electricity supplied to the resident; and

(b)the fees and charges payable by the resident —

(i)for electricity supplied; and

(ii)for the provision of electricity services.

(5)Information referred to in subclause (4) must be made available in a manner that is easily accessible.

(6)If information referred to in subclause (4) is not included in an account issued to a permanent park resident, the caravan park operator must inform the resident how to gain access to the information.

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Operators) Exemption Order 2005. The following table contains information about that order.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Operators) Exemption Order 2005

22 Apr 2005 p. 1339‑41

22 Apr 2005 (see cl. 2)

 

 

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 termProvision(s)

caravan park3

caravan park operator3

electricity reticulation system3

electricity services3

permanent park resident3

site3