Electricity Industry Act 2004

Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Fees and Charges) Regulations 2004

These regulations were repealed by the Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Fees and Charges) Repeal Regulations 2005 as at 22 Apr 2005 (see Gazette 22 Apr 2005 p. 1341 (see r. 3).

 

 

Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Fees and Charges) Regulations 2004

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Terms used in these regulations1

4.Electricity services2

5.Electricity supply charge2

6.Electricity services charge3

7.Meter testing fee3

8.Calculation of charges3

Notes

Compilation table4

Defined terms

 

Electricity Industry Act 2004

Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Fees and Charges) Regulations 2004

1.Citation

These regulations are the Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Fees and Charges) Regulations 2004.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation on 1 November 2004.

3.Terms used in these regulations

In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —

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

“concession card” means —

(a)a Health Care Card issued by the Department of Social Security of the Commonwealth;

(b)a Commonwealth seniors health card issued by that department;

(c)a Pensioner Concession Card issued by that department; or

(d)a Repatriation Health Card, issued by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs of the Commonwealth, that indicates on it that the holder is totally and permanently incapacitated, a war widow or a dependant;

“electricity services” has the meaning given to that term in regulation 4;

“network” means any apparatus, plant or equipment in a caravan park used for, or in connection with, the supply of electricity to a site occupied by a permanent park resident;

“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 subregulation (1), electricity services include —

(a)the provision and maintenance of a network;

(b)the connection of a site to a network;

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

(d)the reading of a meter referred to in paragraph (c);

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

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

(3)A meter test carried out at the request of a permanent park resident is not an electricity service.

5.Electricity supply charge

Unless otherwise agreed, the charge payable by a permanent park resident for electricity supplied to the site occupied by the permanent park resident is to be determined in such a way that it does not exceed 13.94 cents per kilowatt hour.

6.Electricity services charge

Unless otherwise agreed, the charge payable by a permanent park resident for the provision of electricity services in relation to the site occupied by the permanent park resident is to be determined in such a way that it does not exceed 25.57 cents per day.

7.Meter testing fee

Unless otherwise agreed, the fee payable by a permanent park resident for a meter test carried out at the request of the permanent park resident is not to exceed —

(a)$139.80, if the permanent park resident holds a concession card; or

(b)$152.00, in any other case.

8.Calculation of charges

If the calculation of a charge referred to in regulation 5 or 6 results in an amount that is not a whole number multiple of 5 cents, the amount is to be rounded to the nearest whole number multiple of 5 cents.

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Fees and Charges) Regulations 2004. The following table contains information about those regulations.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Fees and Charges) Regulations 2004

29 Oct 2004 p. 4929-31

1 Nov 2004 (see r. 2)

These regulations were repealed by the Electricity Industry (Caravan Park Fees and Charges) Repeal Regulations 2005 as at 22 Apr 2005 (see Gazette 22 Apr 2005 p. 1341 (see r. 3)

 

 

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

concession card3

electricity services3

network3

permanent park resident3

site3