Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered RegulationsPart 1 -- Amendments commencing day after registration
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001
1 Subregulation 3(1) (definition of standby plant )
Repeal the definition.
2 Subparagraph 3A(3)(c)(ii)
Omit " Greater than 630 L ", substitute " Greater than 700 L ".
3 Subregulation 19(1)
Omit ", if this happens no more than 60 days from the start of installation of any component of the heater".
4 Before paragraph 20B(a)
Insert:
(aa) installed before 1 January 2018; and
5 Regulation 22
Repeal the regulation, substitute:
(1) For the purposes of subsection 31(3) of the Act, the capacity of a grid is the sum of the nameplate capacity (specified by the manufacturer in MW) for each electricity generator connected (directly or indirectly) to the grid, other than:
(a) a privately owned domestic generator; or
(b) a generator that:
(i) has been connected (directly or indirectly) to the grid for at least the 3 calendar years before the assessment year; and
(ii) in each of those years either produced less than 50 GWh or had a load factor of less than 5%.
(2) Despite subregulation (1), if a liable entity satisfies the Regulator that it is not appropriate to use the nameplate capacity for a particular electricity generator to determine the capacity of a grid, the Regulator may calculate the capacity of the grid by using the nominal capacity of that generator.
Part 2 -- Amendments commencing 1 July 2018
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001
6 Paragraph 20(1)(b)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(b) for a solar (photovoltaic) system--for the amount calculated by multiplying the zone rating of the system (worked out in accordance with an instrument made under subregulation (4) as existing from time to time) by the rated power output of the system measured in kilowatts-peak (kWp); or
7 After subregulation 20(3)
Insert:
(4) The Regulator may, by legislative instrument, prescribe zone ratings of solar (photovoltaic) systems, and zones, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b).
8 Schedule 5
Repeal the Schedule.