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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Miscellaneous - Regulations

111: Class exemptions relating to membership of dispute resolution scheme

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“Rules can let some electricity groups skip joining a dispute-solving group”

The Governor-General can make rules that say some groups of people in the electricity industry don’t have to join a dispute resolution scheme. To do this, the Minister of Consumer Affairs needs to suggest it first. This is different from the usual rule that says everyone in the electricity industry has to be part of a dispute resolution scheme.

If the Governor-General makes these rules, they are called ‘secondary legislation’. This means they have to follow special steps to be published and made official, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous
Regulations

111Class exemptions relating to membership of dispute resolution scheme

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Consumer Affairs, make regulations identifying a class of industry participants that is exempt from the obligation in section 96(1) to be a member of a dispute resolution scheme.

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

Notes
  • Section 111(1): amended, on , by section 4 of the Electricity Industry Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 102).
  • Section 111(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).