Notes
• Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not
incorporated into the text.
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legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not
automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of
legislation and therefore may be obsolete.
• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at
the end of the legislative history.
• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate
legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or
www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Legislation repealed by principal
Act
The Electricity Corporations Act 1994 repealed the
following:
The Adelaide Electric Supply Company Act 1944
The Adelaide Electric Supply Company's Acts 1897-1931
Electricity Act 1943
Electricity (Country Areas) Subsidy Act 1962
Electricity Supplies (Country Areas) Act 1950
Electricity Supply (Industries) Act 1963
Electricity Trust of South Australia Act 1946
The Electricity Trust of South Australia (Penola Undertaking)
Act 1967
Local Electricity Undertakings (Securities for Loans)
Act 1950
Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
Year |
No |
Title |
Assent |
Commencement |
1994 |
89 |
15.12.1994 |
1.7.1995 (Gazette 29.6.1995 p2978) |
|
1995 |
54 |
Electricity Corporations (ETSA Board) Amendment
Act 1995 |
3.8.1995 |
25.1.1996 (Gazette 25.1.1996 p804) |
1996 |
43 |
Electricity Corporations (Schedule 4) Amendment
Act 1996 |
20.6.1996 |
1.7.1996 (Gazette 20.6.1996 p2970) |
1996 |
55 |
Electricity Corporations (Generation Corporation) Amendment
Act 1996 |
8.8.1996 |
1.12.1996 (Gazette 28.11.1996 p1744) |
1996 |
96 |
19.12.1996 |
1.1.1997 (Gazette 19.12.1996 p1922) |
|
1999 |
36 |
Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Act 1999
as amended by 74/1999 |
1.7.1999 |
Sch 4 (cll 4—7, 16 & 17)—29.7.1999 (Gazette
29.7.1999 p528); Sch 3 Pt 2—1.12.1999 (Gazette 23.9.1999
p1214); Sch 4 (cll 8—11)—24.2.2000 (Gazette
24.2.2000 p1070); Sch 4 (cll 12—15)—deleted by 74/1999
without coming into operation; Sch 3 (cl 4(g), (n), (o), (q),
(v)—(x), (z), (za), (zb), (zd))—29.5.2002 (Gazette 23.5.2002
p1951); Sch 3 (cl 4(i), (s), (t))—30.6.2002 (Gazette
23.5.2002 p1951); Sch 3 (cl 4(a)—(f), (m))—9.2.2006
(Gazette 9.2.2006 p474); Sch 3 (cl 4(h), (j)—(l), (p),
(r), (u), (y), (zc))—uncommenced |
1999 |
(181) |
Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) (Section
34—Amendment of Electricity Corporations Act) Regulations 1999
(Gazette 2.9.1999 p1096) |
— |
2.9.1999: r 2 |
1999 |
74 |
Statutes Amendment (Electricity) Act 1999 |
25.11.1999 |
Pt 3 (s 12(1), (4) & (5))—25.11.1999: s 2(2);
s 13—2.12.1999 (Gazette 2.12.1999 p2952); ss 5(a), (c),
8, 9 & 11—20.1.2000 (Gazette 20.1.2000 p294);
s 7—30.3.2000 ss 5(b), (d), 6, 10 & 12(2)—31.3.2000
(Gazette 30.3.2000 p1899); s 12(3) expired without coming into
operation: s 12(4) |
2006 |
35 |
Statutes Amendment (Electricity Industry Superannuation Scheme) Act
2006 |
14.12.2006 |
Pt 2 (s 4)—1.2.2007 (Gazette 1.2.2007 p323) |
2012 |
54 |
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Budget 2012)
Act 2012 |
6.12.2012 |
Pt 3 (ss 10—13)—17.1.2013 (Gazette 17.1.2013
p76); ss 7—9—15.2.2013 (Gazette 7.2.2013
p262) |
Provisions amended
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in
italics.
Provision |
How varied |
Commencement |
Long title |
amended by 55/1996 s 3 |
1.12.1996 |
|
amended by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 5 |
29.7.1999 |
|
amended under Legislation Revision and Publication
Act 2002 |
9.2.2006 |
Pt 1 |
|
|
s 2 |
omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication
Act 2002 |
9.2.2006 |
s 3 |
substituted by 55/1996 s 4 |
1.12.1996 |
|
deleted by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 6 |
29.7.1999 |
|
|
|
electricity corporation |
amended by 55/1996 s 5(a) |
1.12.1996 |
|
amended by 74/1999 s 5(a) |
20.1.2000 |
|
(b) deleted by 74/1999 s 5(b) |
31.3.2000 |
|
(a) deleted by 54/2012 s 7(1) |
15.2.2013 |
ETSA |
deleted by 74/1999 s 5(c) |
20.1.2000 |
RESI |
inserted by 74/1999 s 5(c) |
20.1.2000 |
|
deleted by 54/2012 s 7(2) |
15.2.2013 |
SAGC |
inserted by 55/1996 s 5(b) |
1.12.1996 |
|
deleted by 74/1999 s 5(d) |
31.3.2000 |
s 5 |
amended by 55/1996 s 6 |
1.12.1996 |
|
deleted by 74/1999 s 6 |
31.3.2000 |
|
|
|
amended by 55/1996 s 7 |
1.12.1996 |
|
amended by 55/1996 s 8 |
1.12.1996 |
|
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 7 |
29.7.1999 |
|
Pt 2 before deletion by 54/2012 |
heading amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
Pt 2 Div 1 |
heading amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
s 8 |
|
|
s 8(1) |
substituted by 74/1999 s 8 |
20.1.2000 |
s 8(2) |
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
s 9 |
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
s 10 |
|
|
s 10(1) |
(b) deleted by 55/1996 s 9 |
1.12.1996 |
|
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
s 10(2) |
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
s 11 |
|
|
s 11(1) and (2) |
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
s 12 |
|
|
s 12(1) |
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
s 13 |
|
|
s 13(1)—(4) |
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
Pt 2 Div 2 |
|
|
s 14 |
|
|
s 14(1) |
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
s 14(2) |
amended by 54/1995 s 3(a) |
25.1.1996 |
|
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 8(a) |
24.2.2000 |
s 14(3) |
amended by 74/1999 s 9 |
20.1.2000 |
s 14(4) |
substituted by 54/1995 s 3(b) |
25.1.1996 |
|
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 8(b) |
24.2.2000 |
s 14(7) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 8(c) |
24.2.2000 |
s 15 |
|
|
s 15(2) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 9(a) |
24.2.2000 |
s 15(3) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 9(b) |
24.2.2000 |
s 15(4) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 9(c) |
24.2.2000 |
s 17 |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 10 |
24.2.2000 |
|
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
s 18 |
|
|
s 18(1) |
amended by 54/1995 s 4 |
25.1.1996 |
|
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 11 |
24.2.2000 |
Pt 2 Div 3 |
|
|
s 19 |
|
|
s 19(1)—(3) |
amended by 74/1999 s 7 |
30.3.2000 |
Pt 2 |
deleted by 54/2012 s 8 |
15.2.2013 |
Pt 3 |
amended by 55/1996 ss 10—20 |
1.12.1996 |
|
deleted by 74/1999 s 10 |
31.3.2000 |
Pt 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 74/1999 s 11 |
20.1.2000 |
|
|
deleted by 54/2012 s 9 |
15.2.2013 |
s 47A |
inserted by 55/1996 s 21 |
1.12.1996 |
|
deleted by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 16 |
29.7.1999 |
Pt 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 36/1999 Sch 4 cl 17 |
29.7.1999 |
|
amended by 55/1996 s 22(a), (b) |
1.12.1996 |
|
deleted by 55/1996 s 22(c) |
1.12.1996 |
|
|
inserted by 74/1999 s 12(1) |
25.11.1999 |
inserted by 74/1999 s 12(2) |
31.3.2000 |
|
inserted by 43/1996 s 3 |
1.7.1996 |
|
Sch 1 |
amended by 55/1996 s 23 |
1.12.1996 |
|
amended by 181/1999 r 3 |
2.9.1999 |
|
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 2 as amended by 74/1999
s 18 |
1.12.1999 |
Pt A |
|
|
cl 1 |
|
|
actuary |
deleted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(a) |
9.2.2006 |
the Trust Deed |
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(b) |
9.2.2006 |
Pt B |
|
|
cl 4 |
|
|
cl 4(1) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(c) |
9.2.2006 |
|
(c) deleted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(d) |
9.2.2006 |
cl 4(6) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(e) as amended by 74/1999
s 19 |
9.2.2006 |
|
(d)(ii) and (iii) deleted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(f) as amended by
74/1999 s 19 |
9.2.2006 |
Pt C |
|
|
cl 6 |
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(g) |
29.5.2002 |
Pt D |
deleted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(h) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
Pt F |
|
|
cl 9 |
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(i) |
30.6.2002 |
Trust Deed |
clauses will be renumbered when 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(j) comes into
operation |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 1 |
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(k) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 2 |
|
|
cl 2(1) |
|
|
amending Act |
inserted by 35/2006 s 4(1) |
1.2.2007 |
electricity corporation |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(l) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
relevant law |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(m) |
9.2.2006 |
special deposit account |
deleted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(n) |
29.5.2002 |
Trustee |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(o) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 2(1a) |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(p) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 2(7) |
amended by 35/2006 s 4(2) |
1.2.2007 |
cl 2(8) |
substituted by 35/2006 s 4(3) |
1.2.2007 |
cl 2(9) and (10) |
inserted by 35/2006 s 4(3) |
1.2.2007 |
cl 3 |
|
|
cl 3(4) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(q) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 4 |
|
|
cl 4(1) |
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(s) |
30.6.2002 |
cl 4(5) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(t) |
30.6.2002 |
cl 4 |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(r) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 5 |
|
|
cl 5(1) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(u) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 5(2) and (3) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(v) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 6 |
|
|
cl 6(4) |
inserted by 35/2006 s 4(4) |
1.2.2007 |
cl 7 |
deleted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(w) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 8 |
|
|
cl 8(1) |
cl 8 substituted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(w) |
29.5.2002 |
|
cl 8 redesignated as cl 8(1) by 35/2006 s 4(5) |
1.2.2007 |
cl 8(2) |
inserted by 35/2006 s 4(5) |
1.2.2007 |
cll 9 |
substituted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(w) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 10 |
|
|
cl 10(1) and (2) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(x) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 11 |
deleted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(z) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 11 |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(y) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 18 |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(z) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 12 |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(za) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 12 |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(y) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 13 |
|
|
cl 13(1) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(zb) |
29.5.2002 |
|
amended by 36/199 Sch 3 cl 4(zc) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 13 |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(y) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cll 14—16 |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(y) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 17 |
|
|
cl 17(3) |
amended by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(zd) |
29.5.2002 |
cl 17 |
inserted by 36/1999 Sch 3 cl 4(y) |
uncommenced—not incorporated |
cl 18 |
|
|
cl 18(2) |
substituted by 35/2006 s 4(6) |
1.2.2007 |
cl 18(2a) |
inserted by 35/2006 s 4(6) |
1.2.2007 |
Sch 2 |
|
|
cl 1 |
omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication
Act 2002 |
9.2.2006 |
cl 5 |
|
|
cl 5(4a) |
inserted by 74/1999 s 13 |
2.12.1999 |
Sch 4 |
amended by 43/1996 s 4 |
1.7.1996 |
|
amended by 96/1996 Sch 1 (cl 1) |
1.1.1997 |
|
expired: Electricity Corporations Regulations 1997 (Gazette 12.6.1997
p 2986) r 3—omitted under Acts Republication Act
1967 |
(1.10.1997) |
Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or
amendments
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Budget 2012) Act 2012,
Pt 3 Div 2
10—Interpretation
(1) In this Division—
asset means—
(a) a present, contingent or future legal or equitable estate or interest
in real or personal property; or
(b) a present, contingent or future right, power, privilege or
immunity,
(and includes a present or future cause of action in favour of
RESI);
the Department means the administrative unit of the Public
Service that is primarily responsible for assisting the Treasurer in the
performance of his or her Ministerial functions and responsibilities;
liability means a present, contingent or future liability or
obligation (including a non-pecuniary obligation and present or future cause of
action against RESI);
RESI means RESI Corporation under Part 2 of the
Electricity Corporations Act 1994;
SAFA means the South Australian Government Financing
Authority established under the Government Financing Authority
Act 1982.
(2) For the purposes of this Division, a reference to a claim (or
potential or contingent claim) for workers compensation will be taken to include
a reference to any claim or other action relating to personal injury, disease,
other medical condition or death—
(a) arising out of or in the course of the performance of any work;
or
(b) resulting in any other way from exposure to any material, substance,
disease or conditions at a workplace.
11—Assets and liabilities of
RESI
(1) The Treasurer
may, by instrument in writing—
(a) transfer assets
or liabilities of RESI associated with claims for workers compensation, or
potential or contingent claims for workers compensation, to SAFA; and
(b) transfer the amount of $250 000 held by RESI at the time of the
execution of the instrument to the Treasury and Finance Operating Account
kept by the Department; and
(c) after consultation with RESI, transfer or vest any other assets or
liabilities of RESI to or in the Treasurer, another Minister, or any other
agency or instrumentality of the Crown.
(2) Proceedings commenced before the transfer of assets or liabilities
under subsection (1)(a) by or against RESI with respect to any claim for
workers compensation may be continued and completed by or against
SAFA.
(3) Anything done, or omitted to be done, by RESI in relation to assets or
liabilities transferred to or vested in a person or body under this section is,
if it continues to have effect as at the time of transfer or vesting, taken to
be an act or omission of that person or body.
(4) A reference in
an instrument or other document to RESI in connection with an asset or liability
transferred to or vested in a person or body under this section is, from the
time of transfer or vesting, taken to be a reference to that person or
body.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to any instrument or document, or
instrument or document of a specified class, excluded from the operation of that
subsection by the Treasurer by notice in the Gazette.
(6) An instrument
under subsection (1) may make other provisions that in the opinion of the
Treasurer are necessary or expedient in connection with the transfer or vesting
of assets or liabilities.
(7) An instrument or notice under this section will take effect on a day
specified in the relevant instrument or notice.
12—Redeployees
The Department is, from the commencement of this section, required to
assume responsibility for arranging the redeployment of any person who, under
the terms of a sale/lease agreement under the Electricity Corporations
(Restructuring and Disposal) Act 1999, or under the provisions of that
Act, accepts an offer of public sector employment on account of being surplus to
a private sector employer's requirements in the manner contemplated by that
Act.
13—Related provisions
(1) The transfer or vesting of assets or liabilities under this Division
operates despite the provisions of any other law or instrument.
(2) The transfer or vesting of a liability under this Division discharges
RESI from the liability.
(3) The
Registrar-General or another authority required or authorised under a law of the
State to register or record transactions affecting assets or liabilities, or
documents relating to such transactions, must, on application under this
section, register or record in an appropriate manner a transfer or vesting under
this Division.
(4) No fee is payable in respect of an application under
subsection (3).
(5) Nothing done under this Division—
(a) constitutes a breach of, or default under, an Act or other law;
or
(b) constitutes a breach of, or default under, a contract, agreement,
understanding or undertaking; or
(c) constitutes a breach of a duty of confidence (whether arising by
contract, in equity or by custom or in any other way); or
(d) constitutes a civil or criminal wrong; or
(e) terminates an agreement or obligation or fulfils any condition that
allows a person to terminate an agreement or obligation, or gives rise to any
other right or remedy; or
(f) releases a surety or other obligee wholly or in part from an
obligation.
(6) No stamp duty or any other tax attaches to an instrument, transaction,
transfer or vesting created or effected under this Division.
(7) On the repeal
of Part 2 of the Electricity Corporations Act 1994 by
section 8 of this Act, RESI is dissolved and any remaining assets or
liabilities of RESI vest in the Treasurer.
(8) The Governor may, by proclamation, make additional provisions of a
saving or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Part (and any
such proclamation will take effect according to its terms and despite the
provisions of any other law or instrument).
Historical versions
Reprint No 1—25.1.1996 |
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Reprint No 2—1.7.1996 |
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Reprint No 3—1.12.1996 |
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Reprint No 4—1.1.1997 |
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Reprint No 5—29.7.1999 |
|
Reprint No 6—2.9.1999 |
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Reprint No 7—2.12.1999 |
|
Reprint No 8—20.1.2000 |
|
Reprint No 9—31.3.2000 |
|
Reprint No 10—29.5.2002 |
|
Reprint No 11—30.6.2002 |
|
9.2.2006 |
|
1.2.2007 |
|
17.1.2013 (electronic only) |
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