Commerce Act 1986

Regulated goods or services - Electricity lines services - Imposition of regulation under this Part

54G: Certain electricity lines services are also subject to default/customised price-quality regulation

You could also call this:

"Some electricity lines services have rules about price and quality to ensure you get a good service."

When you look at electricity lines services, most of them have rules about price and quality. These rules are called default or customised price-quality regulation and they apply to all electricity lines services except those supplied by Transpower, unless they are exempt. You are exempt if you get your electricity lines service from a consumer-owned supplier, but only if there is no special order made about your service under section 54H.

If you get your electricity lines service from a consumer-owned supplier, you might still have rules about price and quality if an Order in Council has been made about your service. This means the government has made a special decision about your service. The rules about price and quality help make sure you get a good service.

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54F: All electricity lines services are subject to information disclosure regulation, or

"Electricity lines services must share certain information with the public"

54H: How exempt status can be lost and default/customised price-quality regulation can be applied to consumer-owned suppliers, or

"What happens when a consumer-owned electricity supplier no longer follows special rules"

Part 4Regulated goods or services
Electricity lines services: Imposition of regulation under this Part

54GCertain electricity lines services are also subject to default/customised price-quality regulation

All electricity lines services (other than those supplied by Transpower) are subject to default/customised price-quality regulation under this Part unless they are exempt.
All electricity lines services that are supplied by a supplier that is consumer-owned are exempt (unless an Order in Council has been made in respect of the service under section 54H).

Notes

Section 54G: inserted, on 1 April 2009, by section 4 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 70).