Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL ELECTRICITY (QUEENSLAND) LAW - SECT 90EB

90EB South Australian Minister to make initial Rules relating to stand-alone power systems

(1) The Minister in right of the Crown of South Australia administering Part 2 of the National Electricity (South Australia) Act 1996 of South Australia (the
"South Australian Minister" ) may make Rules—

(a) for or with respect to the stand-alone power system amendments; and

(b) for or with respect to any other subject contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for, the stand-alone power system amendments; and

(c) that revoke or amend a Rule as a consequence of the enactment of the stand-alone power system amendments.

(2) Section 34 (3) applies to Rules made under subsection (1) in the same way as it applies to Rules made by the AEMC.

(3) As soon as practicable after making Rules under subsection (1) , the South Australian Minister must—

(a) publish notice of the making of the Rules in the South Australian Government Gazette; and

(b) make the Rules publicly available.

(4) The notice referred to in subsection (3) (a) must state—

(a) the date on which the Rules commence operation; or

(b) if different Rules will commence operation on different dates, those dates.

(5) The Rules made under subsection (1) may only be made on the recommendation of the MCE.

(6) Once the first Rules have been made under subsection (1) , no further Rules can be made under that subsection.

(7) In this section—

"stand-alone power system amendments" means the amendments made to this Law by the Statutes Amendment (National Energy Laws) (Stand-Alone Power Systems) Act 2021 .