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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Miscellaneous - Transitional and consequential provisions - Rulings Panel

141: Members of Rulings Panel

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“People who decide electric rules keep their jobs under new law”

If you were on the Rulings Panel before the new law started, you’re still on it. It’s like you were picked for the job under the new rules.

Your job and how much you get paid stay the same as before, even though there’s a new law. This doesn’t change until you stop being on the Panel and then get picked again.

The person in charge of the Panel (called the chairperson) and their helper (called the deputy chairperson) keep their jobs too. It’s like they were chosen under the new rules. But the main person in charge doesn’t need to be a lawyer, even though the new rules usually say they should be.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous
Transitional and consequential provisions: Rulings Panel

141Members of Rulings Panel

  1. Every person who, immediately before the commencement date, is a member of the Rulings Panel is to be treated as if he or she had been appointed as a member under section 24 in accordance with the regulations.

  2. However, despite section 26(3), the terms and conditions (including remuneration) of a member of the Rulings Panel to whom subsection (1) applies remain the same after the commencement date as before it, unless and until the member's appointment ends and he or she is reappointed as a member.

  3. The chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Rulings Panel are to be treated as if they had been appointed under section 24, except that the qualification contained in section 24(2)(a) does not apply to the chairperson.