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ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 -
DICTIONARY
(Section 4)
Note : The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions
that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.
"accredited service provider" --see section 31A.
"AEMO" has the same meaning as it has in Part 8A.
"approved energy ombudsman scheme" means a scheme approved under section 96B.
"authorised electrician" has the same meaning as it has in the
Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017 .
"authorised officer" (except in Part 7A) means an authorised officer appointed
under section 94.
"complying generator" --see section 15A (2).
"connection point" , in relation to the premises of a customer or a class of
customers, means the point of connection to an electrical installation
supplying electricity to the premises as determined in accordance with the
Service and Installation Rules of New South Wales , as in force from time to
time, published by the Department of Planning and Environment.
"corrosion protection system" means any appliances, wires, fittings or other
apparatus designed, intended or used for the protection, by means of
electrical currents, of metallic structures in contact with land, including
water, from external corrosion and includes cathodic protection systems,
drainage bonds, boosted drainage bonds and cross bonds.
"council" means the council of a local government area.
"customer" includes the following--
(a) a retail customer,
(b) a regulated
SAPS customer,
(c) a wholesale customer.
"customer consultative group" means a customer consultative group referred to
in section 89.
"cyber security direction" --see section 94BA.
"cyber security incident" means acts, events or circumstances involving, or
likely to involve, 1 or more of the following-- (a) unauthorised access to
computer data or a computer program,
(b) unauthorised modification of
computer data or a computer program,
(c) unauthorised impairment of
electronic communication to or from a computer,
(d) unauthorised impairment
of the availability, reliability, security or operation of a computer,
computer data or a computer program.
"Department" means the Department of Planning and Environment.
"distribution district" of a distributor specified in Schedule 3 means the
distribution district described in that Schedule in relation to the
distributor.
"distribution system" --see section 12A.
"distributor" means a person who owns, controls or operates a
distribution system.
"distributor's licence" means a licence referred to in section 14.
"electrical installation" means the electrical wiring and electrical equipment
used to convey and control the conveyance of electricity within premises to
which electricity is supplied from a distribution system, but does not include
anything connected to and extending or situated beyond an electrical outlet
socket.
"electrical wiring work" has the same meaning as it has in the
Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017 .
"electricity delivery equipment" means any machinery, apparatus, appliances,
material or other equipment used or intended to be used by any network
operator for or in connection with the generation, transmission or
distribution of electricity.
"electricity generator" means a person who owns or controls a generating
system.
"electricity network services" means transmission services, and distribution
services, within the meaning of the National Electricity Rules .
"electricity structure" means any structure (other than a building) that is
used to carry overhead lines or associated equipment, and includes any
structure that is used for the purposes of street lighting.
"electricity works" means any electricity power lines or associated equipment
or electricity structures that form part of a transmission or
distribution system.
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"financial year" means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 July.
"function" includes a power, authority or duty.
"generating system" means the electrical equipment and associated electricity
structures that are used to generate electricity for supply to a transmission
or distribution system but, subject to the regulations, does not include a
complying generator.
"inspector" means any person appointed under section 63M by the Tribunal as an
inspector for the purposes of the provision in which the expression is used.
"interstate wholesale market agreement" means any arrangement, agreement or
understanding entered into or agreed between the Market and System Operator
and an interstate wholesale market operator for the operation of a wholesale
market for electricity within New South Wales and some other State or
Territory.
"interstate wholesale market operator" means an interstate body that operates
a wholesale market for electricity in some other State or Territory.
"licence" means a distributor's licence or a transmission operator's licence.
"National Electricity (NSW) Law" means the provisions applying because of
section 6 of the National Electricity (New South Wales) Act 1997 , and
includes the National Electricity Rules .
"National Electricity Rules" has the same meaning as it has in the National
Electricity (NSW) Law .
"network controller" means a person who controls a distribution system or
transmission system.
"network operator" means a transmission operator or distributor.
"network owner" means a person who owns a distribution system or transmission
system or any part of a distribution system or transmission system.
"premises" includes any building or part of a building, any structure or part
of a structure, any land (whether built on or not) and any river, lake or
other waters.
"public authority" means a public or local authority constituted by or under
an Act or a statutory body representing the Crown, and includes a Minister and
a statutory State owned corporation and its subsidiaries.
"public reserve" has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act
1993 .
"public road" has the same meaning as it has in the Roads Act 1993 .
"registered health practitioner" has the same meaning as it has in the Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) .
"regulated SAPS customer" means a person to whose premises a distributor
conveys electricity from a regulated stand-alone power system.
"regulated stand-alone power system" has the same meaning as in the National
Electricity (NSW) Law .
"roads authority" has the same meaning as it has in the Roads Act 1993 .
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department.
"serious electricity works accident" means an accident-- (a) in which
electricity works are involved, and
(b) as a consequence of which a person
dies or suffers permanent disability, is hospitalised, receives treatment from
a registered health practitioner or is unable to attend work for any period of
time.
"stray current source" means any appliance, equipment, fitting or other
apparatus-- (a) that operates on direct electrical current or is designed or
used to generate or transmit direct electrical current, and
(b) that is
attached, whether directly or indirectly, to a metallic structure in contact
with land, including water.
"supply" , in relation to electricity, means the supply of electricity by
means of a transmission or distribution system.
"traffic route" has the same meaning as it has in section 45E of the
Transport Administration Act 1988 .
"transmission operator" means a person who owns, controls or operates a
transmission system.
"transmission system" means any electricity power lines and associated
equipment and electricity structures that are a transmission system by virtue
of an order in force under section 93.
"Tribunal" means the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal established
under the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992 .
"unincorporated area" means such part of the land within the Western Division
of the State as is not within a local government area.
"wholesale customer" means a person to whose premises electricity is supplied
under a wholesale supply arrangement.
"wholesale market access regime" means a regime established under the National
Electricity (NSW) Law for the granting of access to a transmission system or
distribution system.
"wholesale supply arrangement" means an arrangement (other than a customer
retail contract) for the supply of electricity, and includes any such
arrangement entered into (or taken to have been entered into) under the
National Electricity (NSW) Law .
"wholesale trader" means a person-- (a) who enters into wholesale supply
arrangements, or
(b) who buys, sells or otherwise deals in rights to the
supply of electricity arising under wholesale supply arrangements.
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