South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (ELECTRICITY AND GAS) ACT 2017 (NO 21 OF 2017) - SECT 76

76—Transitional provisions

        (1)         The amendment to section 26 of the principal Act effected by section 47

of this Act applies to a licence granted under the principal Act, or the holder of a licence under the principal Act, whether the licence was granted before or after the commencement of section 47

of this Act (and any existing licence is taken to be modified accordingly).

        (2)         In particular, a reference to the Commission in a condition relating to section 26(1)(b)(ii) of the principal Act under a licence in force immediately before the commencement of section 47

of this Act will be taken, on the commencement of section 47

, to be a reference to the Technical Regulator (but nothing in this subsection is to be taken to require a licence holder to obtain a fresh approval to an existing safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management plan).

        (3)         For the purposes of the preceding subsections, the Commission may, as it thinks fit, issue to the holder of a licence under the principal Act in force immediately before the commencement of section 47

of this Act a replacement copy of the licence in order to take account of the modifications effected by section 47

.

        (4)         In this section—

"principal Act" means the Gas Act 1997

.