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ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ACT 2004 - SECT 120B

120B .         Pilbara Networks Access Code — covered Pilbara networks

                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.]



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