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ELECTRICITY ACT 1945 - SECT 53

53 .         Limitation period for offences

                A prosecution for an offence under this Act must be commenced within 2 years after the date on which the offence is alleged to have been committed.

        [Section 53 inserted: No. 59 of 2004 s. 141.]

[ 54.         Deleted: No. 89 of 1994 s. 78.]


Notes

This is a compilation of the Electricity Act 1945 and includes amendments made by other written laws 2 . For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Electricity Act 1945

19 of 1945
(9 and 10 Geo. VI No. 19)

9 Jan 1946

29 Mar 1946 (see s. 1 and Gazette 29 Mar 1946 p. 310)

Electricity Act Amendment Act 1953

72 of 1953
(2 Eliz. II No. 72)

9 Jan 1954

9 Jan 1954

Reprint of the Electricity Act 1945 approved 11 Apr 1958 in Vol. 13 of Reprinted Acts (includes amendments listed above)

Decimal Currency Act 1965

113 of 1965

21 Dec 1965

Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1));
s. 4-9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))

Metric Conversion Act 1972

94 of 1972

4 Dec 1972

Relevant amendments (see First Sch. 3 ) took effect on 1 Jan 1974 (see s. 4(2) and Gazette 7 Dec 1973 p. 4490)

Reprint of the Electricity Act 1945 authorised 6 Aug 1973 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Metric Conversion Act 1972 )

Electricity Act Amendment Act 1979

86 of 1979

11 Dec 1979

1 Feb 1980 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1 Feb 1980 p. 284)

Reprint of the Electricity Act 1945 approved 26 Jun 1984 (includes amendments listed above)

Commercial Arbitration Act 1985 s. 3(1)

109 of 1985

7 Jan 1986

1 Apr 1986 (see s. 2 and Gazette 28 Feb 1986 p. 605)

Electricity Amendment Act 1988

42 of 1988

30 Nov 1988

30 Nov 1988 (see s. 2)

Energy Corporations (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 Pt. 4 4

89 of 1994

15 Dec 1994

1 Jan 1995 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 23 Dec 1994 p. 7069)

Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 27

78 of 1995

16 Jan 1996

4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Electricity Amendment Act 1996

63 of 1996

11 Nov 1996

s. 1 and 2: 11 Nov 1996;
Act other than s. 1, 2 and 18: 25 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Dec 1996 p. 7097);
s. 18: 8 Mar 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Mar 2002 p. 941)

Reprint of the Electricity Act 1945 as at 26 Feb 1997 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Electricity Amendment Act 1996 s. 18)

Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 Pt. 23

31 of 1997

3 Oct 1997

30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 31 and 76

10 of 1998

30 Apr 1998

30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2000 s. 14(13)

24 of 2000

4 Jul 2000

4 Jul 2000 (see s. 2)

Reprint 5: The Electricity Act 1945 as at 6 Jun 2003 (includes amendments listed above)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 48

74 of 2003

15 Dec 2003

15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)

Electricity Legislation Amendment Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 1

33 of 2004

20 Oct 2004

31 Dec 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 23 Nov 2004 p. 5243)

Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141 5

59 of 2004 (as amended by No. 2 of 2008 s. 77(13))

23 Nov 2004

1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)

State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 40 6

55 of 2004

24 Nov 2004

1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)

Electricity Corporations Act 2005 s. 139

18 of 2005

13 Oct 2005

1 Apr 2006 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 31 Mar 2006 p. 1153)

Reprint 6: The Electricity Act 1945 as at 16 Dec 2005 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Electricity Corporations Act 2005 )

Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 6 Div. 1

28 of 2006

26 Jun 2006

1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)

Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 52

77 of 2006

21 Dec 2006

1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)

Gas and Electricity Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2007 Pt. 2

5 of 2007

18 Apr 2007

1 Dec 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Nov 2007 p. 5927)

Reprint 7: The Electricity Act 1945 as at 2 May 2008 (includes amendments listed above)

Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 49

8 of 2009

21 May 2009

22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b))

Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 43(3) and 57

19 of 2010

28 Jun 2010

11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2011 s. 27

47 of 2011

25 Oct 2011

26 Oct 2011 (see s. 2(b))

Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 s. 45

23 of 2012

29 Aug 2012

7 Aug 2013 (see s. 1B(b) and Gazette 6 Aug 2013 p. 3677)

Reprint 8: The Electricity Act 1945 as at 13 Dec 2013 (includes amendments listed above)

Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Amendment Act 2022 Pt. 3 Div. 4

7 of 2022

29 Mar 2022

1 Jul 2022 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2022/80 cl. 2)

Electricity Industry Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Act 2024 Pt. 2 Div. 2

1 of 2024

7 Mar 2024

6 Feb 2025 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2025/31 cl. 2)

Electricity Industry Amendment (Alternative Electricity Services) Act 2024 Pt. 3

10 of 2024

22 Apr 2024

23 Apr 2024 (see s. 2(1)(d))

Other notes

1         Repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984 .

2         Marginal notes in the Electricity Act 1945 referring to the legislation from which provisions were derived have been omitted from this compilation.

3         The Schedule to the Metric Conversion Act 1972 was redesignated as the First Schedule by the Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act 1973 .

4         The Energy Corporations (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 1994 s. 84 reads as follows:


84.         Transitional provision

                Every instrument under a provision of the principal Act in force immediately before the commencement of this Part is to continue to have effect after that commencement according to its terms and conditions, as if it had been made under that provision as amended by this Part.


5         The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 16 was deleted by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).

6         The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term         Provision(s)
AES registration holder         5(1)
alternative electricity service         5(1)
apparatus         5(1)
consumer         5(1)
Coordinator         5(1)
declaration         6(4)
Director         5(1)
distribution licensee         5(1)
distribution works         5(1)
electrical appliance         33A
electrical installation         33A
electric fitting         5(1)
exempt AES provider         5(1)
exempt operator         5(1)
generating station         5(1)
generating works         5(1)
inspector         5(1)
installation         5(1)
land         5(1)
Minister         5(1)
network operator         5(1)
person concerned         12(2)
premises         5(1)
public authority         5(1)
relevant provision         6(4)
service apparatus         5(1)
specified         6(4), 32(4)
street         5(1)
supply authority         5(1)
transmission licensee         5(1)
transmission works         5(1)


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