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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Miscellaneous - Material incorporated by reference

131B: Material incorporated by reference

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“Rules can include other information that might change over time”

This section explains how certain information can be included in the rules made under this law. This information is called “material incorporated by reference”.

If the original creator of this material changes or replaces it after the rules are made, these changes can still be used. However, two things need to happen:

  1. The new material must be similar to the original.
  2. The person who made the rules must announce that they are using the new material.

If the material stops being valid, the person who made the rules can announce that it’s no longer part of the rules.

When the person who made the rules makes these announcements, they must publish them in the Gazette (which is like a government newspaper) and tell people about it in other ways too.

This section doesn’t change other parts of the law about including information in rules.

The word “material” in this section means the same thing as it does in section 63 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous
Material incorporated by reference

131BMaterial incorporated by reference

  1. This section applies for the purposes of section 66(2)(b) of the Legislation Act 2019.

  2. If material incorporated by reference in secondary legislation made under this Act is amended or replaced by the originator of the material after the secondary legislation is made, legal effect may be given to that amendment or replacement material if—

  3. the amendment or replacement material is of the same general character as the original material; and
    1. the maker of the secondary legislation issues a notice to adopt the amendment or replacement material as having legal effect as part of the secondary legislation.

      1. If material incorporated by reference in secondary legislation made under this Act expires, is revoked, or otherwise ceases to have effect, the material ceases to have legal effect as part of the secondary legislation if the maker of the secondary legislation issues a notice stating that the material ceases to have that legal effect.

      2. A notice issued under subsection (2)(b) or (3) must be published in the Gazette and publicised by the maker of the secondary legislation.

      3. This section does not limit section 66(2)(a) of the Legislation Act 2019.

      4. In this section, material has the meaning given in section 63 of the Legislation Act 2019.

      Notes
      • Section 131B: inserted, on , by section 46 of the Electricity Industry Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 46).