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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity industry governance - Monitoring and enforcement - Code enforcement

57: Offence to breach certain orders of Rulings Panel

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“You must follow certain orders from the Rulings Panel or you might get in trouble”

If you are an industry participant or specified person, you must follow certain orders made by the Rulings Panel. These orders include compliance orders made under section 54(1)(f) and orders made under section 54(1)(c). If you don’t follow these orders, you are breaking the law. This is called an offence. If you are found guilty of this offence, you might have to pay a fine. The most you could be fined is $20,000.

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Monitoring and enforcement: Code enforcement

57Offence to breach certain orders of Rulings Panel

  1. An industry participant or specified person that breaches a compliance order made under section 54(1)(f), or an order made under section 54(1)(c), commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

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  • Section 57: amended, on , by section 63 of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).
  • Section 57: amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).