Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations must establish a scheme for the inspection of the installation of small generation units for which certificates have been created.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), regulations made under that subsection must provide, for small generation units installed after the commencement of this section:
(a) that each year a statistically significant selection of small generation units that were installed during that year must be inspected for conformance with Australian standards and any other standards or requirements relevant to the creation of certificates in relation to that small generation unit;
(b) that an inspection of a small generation unit is to be carried out by a person or organisation who:
(i) is independent of the person or organisation who designed and/or installed that small generation unit; and
(ii) does not have a conflict of interest in relation to that small generation unit or administration of the matters being inspected;
(c) for the transfer of information, about any failures to comply with standards or other requirements relevant to the creation of certificates in relation to small generation units, to State, Territory or Commonwealth bodies with responsibility for the enforcement and administration of those standards or requirements.
(3) A report of an inspection carried out in accordance with regulations made under subsection (1) may set out:
that is or are relevant to the performance of the functions, or the exercise of the powers, conferred on the Regulator by section 26.
(4) Subsection (3) does not limit the matters that may be set out in a report.
Note: Inspections carried out in accordance with regulations made under subsection (1):
(a) may be relevant in determining whether a certificate is eligible for registration under section 26 (see subsection 26(3AA)); and
(b) provide an indication of the effectiveness of the process for the
registration of certificates.