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ELECTRICITY ACT 1996 - SECT 80

80—Power of exemption

        (1)         The Commission may, with the approval of the Minister, grant an exemption from Part 3, or specified provisions of Part 3, on terms and conditions the Commission considers appropriate.

        (1a)         Without limiting subsection (1), the power to exempt includes power to exempt a person from the application of—

            (a)         a provision requiring the Commission to make a licence held by the person subject to a specified condition; and

            (b)         the operation of section 22(1a), 23(1a) or  24A(1a).

        (2)         A person exempted from a requirement to hold a licence under Part 3 is, if the Commission has so determined by writing, to be treated as an electricity entity for the purposes of specified provisions of this or another Act.

        (3)         Except as otherwise provided in the exemption, an exemption under subsection (1), or a determination under subsection (2), may be varied or revoked by the Commission by notice in writing.

        (4)         The Technical Regulator may grant an exemption from Part 6, or specified provisions of that Part, on terms and conditions the Technical Regulator considers appropriate.

        (5)         Except as otherwise provided in the exemption, an exemption under subsection (4) may be varied or revoked by the Technical Regulator by notice in writing.

        (6)         The Minister may grant an exemption from Part 6A, or specified provisions of that Part, on terms and conditions the Minister considers appropriate.

        (7)         Except as otherwise provided in the exemption, an exemption under subsection (6) may be varied or revoked by the Minister.



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