Provision is to be
made in the Pilbara Networks Access Code for or in relation to the following
—
(a)
prescribing Pilbara networks that are to be covered Pilbara networks regulated
under this Part with effect from the coming into operation of the Pilbara
Networks Access Code;
(b)
prescribing the processes (including the matters to be considered and the
criteria to apply) by which the Minister is to decide the following —
(i)
whether a covered Pilbara network is to be regulated
under this Part;
(ii)
whether a covered Pilbara network that is regulated under
this Part is to cease to be regulated under this Part;
(c) the
manner in which a decision referred to in paragraph (b) is to be published and
come into effect;
(d)
prescribing the circumstances in which a Pilbara network service provider may
opt for a Pilbara network to be regulated under this Part and the processes
for making, and determining the outcome of, that option;
(e)
prescribing the circumstances in which a Pilbara network service provider that
opted for a Pilbara network to be regulated under this Part may opt for the
network to cease to be regulated under this Part and the processes for making,
and determining the outcome of, that option;
(f) the
effect on any processes, requirements, access arrangements or access
agreements or other matter or thing under the Code, the Pilbara Networks
Access Code or the electricity system and market rules or any contract of
—
(i)
a decision referred to in paragraph (b) that a covered
Pilbara network is to be regulated under this Part; or
(ii)
a decision referred to in paragraph (b) that a covered
Pilbara network is to cease to be regulated under this Part; or
(iii)
a Pilbara network service provider opting for a Pilbara
network to be regulated under this Part; or
(iv)
a Pilbara network service provider opting for a covered
Pilbara network to cease to be regulated under this Part;
(g) any
transitional matters for the purposes of paragraphs (a) to (f);
(h)
generally, the relationship between the Code or the electricity system and
market rules and the Pilbara Networks Access Code, including things done
under, or governed by, the Code, the electricity system and market rules or
the Pilbara Networks Access Code.
[Section 120B inserted: No. 9 of 2020 s. 19;
amended: No. 1 of 2024 s. 14.]