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ELECTRICITY NETWORK ASSETS (AUTHORISED TRANSACTIONS) ACT 2015 - SECT 11

Payment and application of proceeds of transactions

11 Payment and application of proceeds of transactions

(1) The proceeds of the transfer of electricity network assets to the private sector pursuant to an authorised transaction (
"the transaction proceeds" ) belong to and are payable directly to the State.
(2) The transaction proceeds include any payment to a public sector agency that is a periodic lease payment under a lease of electricity network assets to the private sector pursuant to an authorised transaction.
(3) The transaction proceeds paid to the State are to be paid in such proportions as the Treasurer directs into--
(a) the Restart NSW Fund (
"the Restart Fund" ) established under the Restart NSW Fund Act 2011 , and
(b) the Residual Liabilities Fund established under this Part.
(4) The following deductions are authorised to be made from the transaction proceeds--
(a) deduction of such amounts as the Treasurer approves to repay debt and satisfy other liabilities of a public sector agency in respect of electricity network assets transferred for the purposes of an authorised transaction,
(b) deduction of such amounts as the Treasurer approves to reimburse public sector agencies for payments made by them in respect of any tax, duty, fee or charge imposed by any Act or law of the State or any other jurisdiction in connection with a transaction arrangement,
(c) deduction of such amounts as the Treasurer approves to satisfy any liability of a public sector agency arising under or in connection with a transaction arrangement,
(d) deduction of such amounts as the Treasurer approves to meet expenses reasonably incurred by public sector agencies for the purposes of an authorised transaction.
(5) The transaction proceeds do not include any amount certified by the Treasurer as paid or payable to a public sector agency as a tax, duty, fee or charge imposed by any Act or law of the State in connection with a transaction arrangement.
(6) The deductions authorised to be made from the transaction proceeds may be made before payment of the transaction proceeds into the Restart Fund or Residual Liabilities Fund, or may be made by payment from either or both of those Funds.
(7) The requirements of this section do not affect the validity of a transaction arrangement.



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