Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) If an energy entity is or becomes a scheme member at the start of a financial year (the relevant financial year), its membership fee for that year is--
(a) if it provides customer connection services under only 1 energy Act--
(i) the amount prescribed under a regulation; or
(ii) if no amount is prescribed--$5000; or
(b) if it provides customer connection services under 2 energy Acts--
(i) the amount prescribed under a regulation; or
(ii) if no amount is prescribed--$10000; or
(c) if it provides customer retail services under 1 energy Act--
(i) the amount prescribed under a regulation; or
(ii) if no amount is prescribed--$5000; or
(d) if it provides customer retail services under 2 energy Acts--
(i) the amount prescribed under a regulation; or
(ii) if no amount is prescribed--$10000.
(2) Subsection (1) continues to apply to the entity even if it stops being an energy entity during the relevant financial year.
(3) However, if the entity stops being an energy entity during the relevant financial year, subsection (1) does not apply to it for any subsequent financial year, even though, under section 64, it continues to be a scheme member.
(4) If an energy entity becomes a scheme member during a financial year, its membership fee for that year is the amount worked out by applying the following formula--
where--
FF means the full membership fee that would have been payable under subsection (1) had the energy entity been--
(a) a scheme member at the start of the financial year; and
(b) providing the same customer connection services or customer retail services that it provided when it became a scheme member.
ND means the number of days during which the entity is a scheme member during the financial year.