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ELECTRICITY (WIND POWER) AMENDMENT BILL 2009

South Australia

Electricity (Wind Power) Amendment Bill 2009

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Electricity Act 1996.


Contents

Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Electricity Act 1996
4 Amendment of section 36AC—Interpretation


The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Electricity (Wind Power) Amendment Act 2009.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation on 1 January 2010.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Electricity Act 1996

4—Amendment of section 36AC—Interpretation

Section 36AC, definition of qualifying generator—delete the definition and substitute:

qualifying generator means—

(a) a small photovoltaic generator—

(i) that is operated by a qualifying customer; and

(ii) that complies with Australian Standard—AS 4777 (as in force from time to time or as substituted from time to time); and

(iii) that is connected to a distribution network in a manner that allows electricity generated by the small photovoltaic generator to be fed into the network; or

(b) a wind turbine generator—

(i) that is operated by a qualifying customer; and

(ii) that complies with any standard prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition; and

(iii) that is connected to a distribution network in a manner that allows electricity generated by the wind turbine generator to be fed into the network,

other than where the distribution network is an excluded network;

 


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