Electricity Corporations Act 2005
Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015
Western Australia
Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015
Contents
1.Citation1
2.Commencement1
3.Supply of gas to parts of the State not served by South West interconnected system1
4.Providing stand‑alone power systems within distribution licence area1
5.Transmission and distribution outside area of operations in relation to relevant Aboriginal communities (Act s. 52(4))2
Notes
Compilation table4
Other notes4
Defined terms
Electricity Corporations Act 2005
Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015
[Regulation 1 amended: SL 2021/1 r. 4.]
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.
3.Supply of gas to parts of the State not served by South West interconnected system
The Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation is authorised under section 37(5) of the Act to perform its function of supplying gas under section 35(b)(i) of the Act in all parts of the State not served by the South West interconnected system.
4.Providing stand‑alone power systems within distribution licence area
(1)In this regulation —
distribution licence has the meaning given in the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 3(1);
distribution licence area means the area specified, as at regulation commencement day, under the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 5 in the distribution licence held by the Electricity Networks Corporation;
regulation commencement day means the day on which the Electricity Corporations (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation Area of Operation) Amendment Regulations 2021 regulation 5 comes into operation;
stand‑alone power system has the meaning given in the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 3(1).
(2)The Electricity Networks Corporation is authorised under section 43(3) of the Act to perform its function of providing stand‑alone power systems under section 41(ba) of the Act in the part of the State that is its distribution licence area.
[Regulation 4 inserted: SL 2021/1 r. 5.]
5.Transmission and distribution outside area of operations in relation to relevant Aboriginal communities (Act s. 52(4))
(1)In this regulation —
relevant Aboriginal community means any of the following Aboriginal communities as defined in the Aboriginal Communities Act 1979 section 3 —
(a)Barrel Well;
(b)Kardaloo (Wandanooka);
(c)Kurrawang;
transmission and distribution functions means the functions set out in section 50(b), (g) and (j) of the Act.
(2)The Regional Power Corporation is authorised under section 52(4) of the Act to perform transmission and distribution functions in respect of electricity systems in the part of the State served by the South West interconnected system in relation to the transportation of electricity for consumption on premises that are —
(a)owned, occupied or leased by, or by the members of, a relevant Aboriginal community; or
(b)used solely or principally for the purposes of a relevant Aboriginal community.
[Regulation 5 inserted: SL 2023/79 r. 4.]
This is a compilation of the Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.
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Citation |
Published |
Commencement |
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Electricity Corporations (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation Area of Operation) Regulations 2015 1 |
20 Oct 2015 p. 4293 |
r. 1 and 2: 20 Oct 2015 (see r. 2(a)); |
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Electricity Corporations (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation Area of Operation) Amendment Regulations 2021 |
SL 2021/1 15 Jan 2021 |
r. 1 and 2: 15 Jan 2021 (see r. 2(a)); |
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Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Amendment Regulations 2023 |
SL 2023/79 20 Jun 2023 |
r. 1 and 2: 20 Jun 2023 (see r. 2(a)); |
1Now known as the Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015; citation changed (see note under r. 1).
[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)
distribution licence4(1)
distribution licence area4(1)
regulation commencement day4(1)
relevant Aboriginal community5(1)
stand-alone power system4(1)
transmission and distribution functions5(1)