Victorian Numbered Acts

NATIONAL ELECTRICITY (VICTORIA) FURTHER AMENDMENT ACT 2016 (NO. 24 OF 2016) - SECT 3

After section 11 of the National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005 insert —

        " 11A     Extension of AER functions and powers

Without limiting section 6, the following provisions of the National Electricity (Victoria) Law apply as laws of Victoria as if a reference in any such provision to the Law included a reference to regulations made under this Act—

        (a)     Parts 3 and 6 and Schedule 2;

        (b)     any other provision of the National Electricity (Victoria) Law, the National Electricity (Victoria) Regulations or the National Electricity Rules prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

        11B     Prescription of provisions of the regulations as civil penalty provisions

    (1)     The regulations may prescribe a provision of the regulations as a civil penalty provision.

    (2)     A reference in the National Electricity (Victoria) Law or the National Electricity (Victoria) Regulations to a civil penalty provision is taken to include a reference to a provision prescribed under subsection (1).

    (3)     Subsection (2) applies despite anything to the contrary in the National Electricity (Victoria) Law.".