Part 5
Miscellaneous
Transitional and consequential provisions:
Dissolution of Electricity Commission
139Complaints, investigations, etc, transfer to Authority
On and from the commencement date, the Authority takes over responsibility for dealing with every matter, such as a complaint about a breach, or possible breach, of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003, or an investigation, that was before the Electricity Commission immediately before its disestablishment, provided the matter had not, before the commencement date, been referred to the Rulings Panel (see section 142).
The processes, procedures, and rights of appeal set out in this Act and the regulations apply to—
- every matter referred to in subsection (1), as if the matter had arisen after the commencement date; and
- every such matter that is referred to the Authority after the commencement date and that concerns events that occurred before that date.
However, the only penalties that may be imposed in relation to a matter that arose, or events that occurred, before the commencement date are the penalties that could have been imposed at the time that the matter arose or events occurred.