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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Miscellaneous - State-owned enterprise asset reconfiguration and miscellaneous matters - Levy of industry participants

129B: Small Electricity Consumers Agency consultation about request for appropriation

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“The Small Electricity Consumers Agency must talk to affected people before asking for money”

The Small Electricity Consumers Agency needs to talk to certain people before asking the Minister for money. This money would be used to cover costs that will be paid for by charging fees to some electricity industry companies.

Before asking for money, the Agency must talk to:

  1. The electricity industry companies who will have to pay these fees
  2. Other people who might be affected a lot by these fees

After talking to these people, the Agency needs to tell the Minister what they found out from these conversations when they ask for the money.

This rule started on 1 July 2021 and applies to all requests for money after that date.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous
State-owned enterprise asset reconfiguration and miscellaneous matters: Levy of industry participants

129BSmall Electricity Consumers Agency consultation about request for appropriation

  1. The Small Electricity Consumers Agency must, before submitting a request to the Minister seeking an appropriation of public money for the following year, or any change to an appropriation for the current year, that relates to costs that are intended to be recovered by way of levies under section 128(3)(da), consult the following about that request:

  2. those industry participants who are liable to pay a levy under that section:
    1. any other representatives of persons whom the Small Electricity Consumers Agency believes would be significantly affected by a levy under that section.

      1. The Small Electricity Consumers Agency must, when it submits the request, report to the Minister on the outcome of that consultation.

      2. This section applies to requests in respect of the financial year beginning 1 July 2021 and later financial years.

      Notes
      • Section 129B: inserted, on , by section 45 of the Electricity Industry Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 46).