Victorian Numbered Acts

ENERGY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (RETAIL COMPETITION AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2008 (NO. 59 OF 2008)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ACT 2000

   3.      Definitions  
   4.      Declaration of classes of customers and retailers and specified circumstances  
   5.      Regulation of tariffs for prescribed customers  
   6.      Condition restricting sale to certain customers  
   7.      Section 23A repealed  
   8.      Offer to domestic or small business customers  
   9.      New sections 35A to 35E inserted  
   10.     Terms and conditions of contracts for sale of electricity to certain customers  
   11.     Publication of terms and conditions of sale of electricity (relevant published offers)  
   12.     Deemed contracts with former franchise customers  
   13.     Deemed contracts for supply and sale for relevant customers  
   14.     New section 39A inserted  
   15.     New Division 5B of Part 2 inserted  
   16.     New definition inserted into section 46B  
   17.     Orders in relation to advanced metering infrastructure  
   18.     General powers in relation to Orders relating to advanced metering infrastructure  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF GAS INDUSTRY ACT 2001

           Division 1--Consumer safety net provisions

   19.     Definitions  
   20.     Declaration of classes of customers and retailers and specified circumstances  
   21.     Regulation of tariffs for prescribed customers  
   22.     Offer to domestic or small business customers  
   23.     New sections 42A to 42E inserted  
   24.     Terms and conditions of contracts for sale of gas to certain customers  
   25.     Publication of terms and conditions of sale of gas (relevant published offers)  
   26.     Deemed contracts with former franchise customers  
   27.     Deemed contracts for supply and sale for relevant customers  
   28.     New section 47 inserted  

           Division 2--Other amendments

   29.     Repeal of Tariff Order provision  
   30.     Retail gas market rules  
   31.     Principles for retail gas market rules  
   32.      New section 62 substituted  
   33.     Consequential amendment to reference to VENCorp developed retail gas market rules  
   34.      Consequential section cross-reference amendment  
   35.     Approval of rules by Commission  
   36.     Commission directions to VENCorp in relation to supplier of last resort trigger events  
   37.     Costs of VENCorp  
   38.     New section 237 inserted  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF OTHER ENERGY LEGISLATION

           Division 1--Amendment of Gas Safety Act 1997

   39.     Definitions  
   40.     Regulations  

           Division 2--Amendment of Electricity Safety Act 1998

   41.     Certificates of approval, acceptance or compliance  
   42.     Incorporation by reference by regulations  

           Division 3--Amendment of National Electricity (Victoria) Amendment Act 2007

   43.     ESC AMI determination processes not completed before regulatory handover to AER  
   44.     Appeals against certain decisions or actions of the AER  

           Division 4--Amendment of National Gas (Victoria) Act 2008

   45.     Transitioned Victorian distribution RIOs  
   46.     Matters to be taken into account when AER makes or prepares regulatory information instruments  

   PART 5--REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

   47.     Repeal of Act  
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