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Electricity Act 1992

General - Electricity operators

4: Declaration of electricity distributors as electricity operators

You could also call this:

“Minister can name electricity providers as special operators”

The Minister can decide if someone should be called an electricity operator. This happens when the Minister thinks it’s needed for that person to start or keep running a business that distributes electricity. The Minister will write this decision in a special newspaper called the Gazette.

If someone stops running their electricity distribution business, the Minister needs to say they’re no longer an electricity operator. The Minister will do this by writing it in the Gazette as soon as they can. They’ll say when the person stops being an electricity operator.

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Part 2 General
Electricity operators

4Declaration of electricity distributors as electricity operators

  1. The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a person to be an electricity operator for the purposes of this Act or any provision or provisions of this Act if the Minister is satisfied that a declaration is necessary to enable the person to commence or carry on a business as an electricity distributor.

  2. The Minister must, as soon as reasonably practicable, by notice in the Gazette, declare that a person ceases to be an electricity operator on a date stated in the notice if the Minister is satisfied that the person has ceased to carry on a business as an electricity distributor.

Notes
  • Section 4: substituted, on , by section 8 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 40).