Electricity Corporation Act 1994

Electricity Distribution Access Order 2003

This Order was repealed by the Electricity Distribution Access Repeal Order 2006 r. 3 as at 1 Apr 2006 (see r. 2 and Gazette 31 Mar 2006 p. 1159-60).

 

 

Electricity Distribution Access Order 2003

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Access to electricity distribution capacity1

4.Revocation2

Notes

Compilation table3

Defined terms

 

Electricity Corporation Act 1994

Electricity Distribution Access Order 2003

1.Citation

This order may be cited as the Electricity Distribution Access Order 2003.

2.Commencement

This order comes into operation on 1 January 2005.

3.Access to electricity distribution capacity

(1)Under clause 2(1) of Schedule 6 to the Act, the corporation is to make available access to an existing or prospective user for the transport of electricity if the user is able to demonstrate, to the reasonable satisfaction of a distribution employee, that, in the period of 12 months beginning on the day on and from which the user wants access to be made available, the amount of electricity transported to each distribution exit point will be at least 50 megawatt hours.

(2)In subclause (1) —

“access” means access to spare capacity and new capacity;

“distribution employee” has the meaning given to that term in regulation 3 of the Electricity Distribution Regulations 1997;

“distribution exit point”, in relation to an existing or prospective user, means a distribution exit point as defined in regulation 3 of the Electricity Distribution Regulations 1997 to which the user wants electricity to be transported.

4.Revocation

The Electricity Distribution Access Order 2001 is revoked.

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Electricity Distribution Access Order 2003. The following table contains information about that order.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Electricity Distribution Access Order 2003

18 Jul 2003 p. 2843-4

1 Jan 2005 (see r. 2)

This Order was repealed by the Electricity Distribution Access Repeal Order 2006 r. 3 as at 1 Apr 2006 (see r. 2 and Gazette 31 Mar 2006 p. 1159-60)

 

 

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)

access3(2)

distribution employee3(2)

distribution exit point3(2)