New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY NETWORK ASSETS (AUTHORISED TRANSACTIONS) ACT 2015 - SECT 37

37 Protection of electricity works

(1) Section 53 of the ES Act applies in respect of electricity works that form part of a transacted distribution system or transacted transmission system as if--

(a) a reference in that section to the commencement of the Electricity Supply Amendment (Protection of Electricity Works) Act 2006 were a reference to the completion of the authorised transaction as a result of which the electricity works form part of that transacted distribution system or transacted transmission system, and

(b) a reference to the network operator included a reference to a network operator after the completion of that authorised transaction.

(2) Section 53 of the ES Act does not apply to prevent an action lying by the owner of a transacted distribution system or transacted transmission system against a network operator that controls or operates the system.