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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Miscellaneous - Regulations

110: Class exemptions relating to registration and Code compliance

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"Special rules can excuse some electricity groups from registering or following all the usual rules"

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You might be interested to know that the government can make special rules for certain groups in the electricity industry. These rules can excuse some people from having to register or follow all the usual rules.

The Governor-General, who is an important person in the government, can make these special rules. But first, the Minister in charge of a specific part of the electricity law needs to suggest it. The Minister only does this after getting advice from the Electricity Authority.

These special rules can do two things:

  1. They can say that some groups in the electricity industry don't have to register like everyone else usually does.

  2. They can also say that some groups don't have to follow all the usual rules (called the Code) that others in the electricity industry have to follow. They might be excused from following all of the rules or just some of them.

When the government makes these special rules, they are called "secondary legislation". This means they are published in a certain way so everyone can see them.

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Part 5Miscellaneous
Regulations

110Class exemptions relating to registration and Code compliance

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister responsible for Part 2, given after receiving a recommendation from the Authority, make regulations that do either or both of the following:

  2. identify a class of industry participants that is exempt from the obligation in section 9(1)(a) to register:
    1. identify a class of industry participants that is exempt from the obligation in section 9(1)(b) to comply with the Code or specific provisions of the Code.

      1. Regulations made under subsection (1)(b) may exempt a class of industry participants from all or specified provisions of the Code.

      2. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

      Notes
      • Section 110(3): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).