South Australian Current Acts

ELECTRICITY ACT 1996 - SECT 56

56—Role of councils in relation to vegetation clearance not within prescribed areas

        (1)         An electricity entity may make an arrangement with a council conferring on the council a specified role in relation to vegetation clearance around public powerlines that are not within a prescribed area.

        (2)         The arrangement—

            (a)         must be in writing and executed by the electricity entity and the council; and

            (b)         may contain a delegation by the electricity entity of a function or power under this Part; and

            (c)         may require that the electricity entity be indemnified for any liability arising from an act or omission of the council under a delegation; and

            (d)         may provide for the termination of the arrangement by the electricity entity or the council; and

            (e)         may provide for the variation of the arrangement by the electricity entity and the council.

        (3)         A delegation by the electricity entity for the purposes of the arrangement—

            (a)         may be subject to conditions specified in the arrangement; and

            (b)         may be varied or revoked by the electricity entity in accordance with the terms of the arrangement; and

            (c)         does not prevent the electricity entity from acting in any matter.