South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (GAS AND ELECTRICITY) ACT 2003 (NO 9 OF 2003) - SECT 28

28—Amendment of section 34—Standard terms and conditions for retailing of gas

        (1)         Section 34(1)—delete "non-contestable consumers or consumers" and substitute:

small customers or customers

        (2)         Section 34(2)—delete "and in a daily newspaper circulating in the area in which the entity is supplying gas"

        (3)         Section 34—after subsection (2) insert:

        (2a)         A gas entity must, when it publishes a notice in the Gazette under subsection (2), also publish a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the State describing the general nature of the standard terms and conditions and advising where a person may read or obtain a copy of the standard terms and conditions.

        (4)         Section 34(3)(b)—delete "by the Pricing Regulator under this Part" and substitute:

under this Act

        (5)         Section 34(3)(c)—after "conditions published" insert:

in the Gazette

        (6)         Section 34(3)(d)—delete "consumers" and substitute:

customers

        (7)         Section 34(4)—delete "consumer" and substitute:

customer

        (8)         Section 34—after subsection (4) insert:

        (5)         A gas entity that has fixed standard terms and conditions under this section must—

            (a)         supply a copy of the standard terms and conditions, without charge, on request made to the entity at a place approved by the Commission; and

            (b)         publish the standard terms and conditions on a website maintained by the entity.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.