Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL GAS (QUEENSLAND) LAW - SECT 294A

294A South Australian Minister to make initial Rules and Procedures related to AEMO’s functions under this Law

(1) The Minister in right of the Crown of South Australia administering Part 2 of the National Gas (South Australia) Act 2008 of South Australia (the
"South Australian Minister" )—

(a) may make Rules on any 1 or more of the following subjects:

(i) AEMO’s statutory functions (including the declared system functions);

(ii) the subject matter of a new head of power added to Schedule 1 by the AEMO amendments;

(iii) any other subject contemplated by, or consequential on, the AEMO amendments; and

(b) may make Wholesale Market Procedures and Retail Market Procedures.

(2) Rules or Procedures may only be made under subsection (1) on the recommendation of the MCE.

(3) Section 74 (3) applies to Rules made under subsection (1) in the same way as it applies to Rules made by the AEMC.

(4) Section 91BM (3) and section 91MA (3) apply respectively to Wholesale Market Procedures and Retail Market Procedures made under subsection (1) in the same way as they apply to Procedures made by AEMO.

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

(a) publish notice of the making of the Rules or Procedures in the South Australian Government Gazette stating the date of commencement or, if they commence at different times, the various dates of commencement; and

(b) make the Rules or Procedures publicly available.

(6) The South Australian Minister may, by a later notice published in the South Australian Government Gazette, vary a commencement date fixed under subsection (5) (a) or this subsection.

(7) Once the first Rules have been made under subsection (1) , no further Rules can be made under that subsection and once the first Procedures have been made for a particular market, no further Procedures for that market can be made under subsection (1) .

(8) Rules in the nature of a derogation may be made under this section even though no request has been made for the derogation.