Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL ELECTRICITY (QUEENSLAND) LAW - SECT 5

5 Participating jurisdictions

(1) The following jurisdictions are participating jurisdictions for the purposes of this Law—

(a) the State of South Australia; and

(b) the Commonwealth, a Territory or a State (other than South Australia) if there is in force, as part of the law of that jurisdiction, a law that applies this Law or any part of this Law (whether by a law that corresponds to Part 2 of the National Electricity (South Australia) Act 1996 of South Australia or by some other law).

(2) If a law of a participating jurisdiction referred to in subsection (1) (b) ceases to be in force, the jurisdiction ceases to be a participating jurisdiction.

(3) If, at any time, all participating jurisdictions agree that a specified jurisdiction will cease to be a participating jurisdiction on a specified date, the jurisdiction ceases to be a participating jurisdiction on that date.

(4) A notice must be published in the South Australian Government Gazette of the date on which a jurisdiction ceases to be a participating jurisdiction under subsection (2) or (3) .

(5) If the legislature of a participating jurisdiction enacts a law that, in the unanimous opinion of the Ministers of the other participating jurisdictions, is inconsistent with this Law, those other participating jurisdictions may give notice to the Minister of the first-mentioned participating jurisdiction to the effect that, if the inconsistent law remains in force as an inconsistent law for more than 6 months after the notice is given, the other participating jurisdictions may declare that the jurisdiction has ceased to be a participating jurisdiction.

(6) A jurisdiction ceases to be a participating jurisdiction on publication in the South Australian Government Gazette of a declaration made by the Ministers of the other participating jurisdictions in accordance with subsection (5) .