Queensland Numbered Acts

ELECTRICITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2006 NO. 60

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents
           Part 1--Preliminary
   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
           Part 2--Amendment of Electricity Act 1994
   3.      Act amended in pt 2
   4.      Amendment of s 20J (Maximum charge for metered supply)
   5.      Replacement of ss 23 and 23A
           6. Amendment of s 27 (Conditions of generation authority)
   7.      Amendment of s 31 (Conditions of transmission authority)
   8.      Replacement of ss 40-40D
           9. Amendment of s 40E (Limitation on obligation to connect and supply)
   10.     Omission of ss 40F and 40G
           11. Amendment of s 41 (Connection and supply of electricity outside distribution area)
   12.     Amendment of s 42 (Conditions of distribution authority)
   13.     Replacement of ss 48-55C
           14. Amendment of s 55D (Conditions of retail authority)
   15.     Insertion of new s 55DA
           16. Insertion of new s 55G and new ch 2, pt 6A
   17.     Amendment of s 60 (Conditions of special approval)
   18.     Amendment of s 63 (Functions)
           19. Omission of ch 2, pt 8, divs 2 and 3 and pts 8A and 8B
   20.     Insertion of new ch 4, pt 2, div 1, hdg
   21.     Insertion of new ch 4, pt 2, div 2, hdg
   22.     Amendment of s 90 (Deciding prices for non-contestable customers)
   23.     Amendment of s 91 (Retail entities charging for GST)
   24.     Amendment of s 91A (Retail entity must comply with notification or direction)
   25.     Insertion of new ch 4, pt 2, div 3
   26.     Amendment of s 118 (Retail entity may recover amount for electricity sold to a person occupying premises)
   27.     Omission of ss 119 and 119A
           28. Amendment of s 120AA (Regulator's powers concerning audit of compliance with Act etc.)
   29.     Amendment of s 120AC (Independent auditor may require reasonable help or information)
   30.     Replacement of ch 5, pts 1A-1C
   31.     Amendment of s 131A (Retailer of last resort scheme)
   32.     Amendment of s 133 (Types of disciplinary action)
   33.     Amendment of s 135HX (Electricity sold under retailer of last resort scheme or similar scheme)
   34.     Replacement of s 135HY (Electricity sold under s 49A(2) contract)
   35.     Amendment of s 203 (Issue of retail authorities)
   36.     Amendment of s 204 (Application for authority)
   37.     Amendment of s 214 (Who may apply for review etc.)
   38.     Amendment of s 215 (Applying for review)
   39.     Amendment of s 216 (Stay of operation of decision etc.)
   40.     Amendment of s 218 (Decision on reconsideration)
   41.     Amendment of s 219 (Who may make an appeal)
   42.     Amendment of s 220 (Making appeals)
   43.     Amendment of s 221 (Starting appeals)
   44.     Insertion of new ch 11, pt 1A
   45.     Replacement of s 251A Evidentiary effect of conduct notice)
   46.     Amendment of s 253 (Advisory committees)
   47.     Insertion of new s 253A
           48. Amendment of s 254 (Protection from liability)
   49.     Insertion of new s 254B
           50. Amendment of s 309 (Existing electricity supply contracts)
   51.     Replacement of ch 14, pt 8 (Transitional provisions for Electricity Amendment Act (No. 2) 2004)
   52.     Amendment of sch 1 (Appeals against administrative decisions)
   53.     Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary)
           Part 3--Amendment of Energy Assets (Restructuring and Disposal) Act 2006
   54.     Act amended in pt 3
   55.     Replacement of s 44 (Operation of authorities and related matters)
   56.     Omission of s 51 (FRC day)
   57.     Amendment of schedule (Dictionary)
           Part 4--Amendment of Gas Supply Act 2003
   58.     Act amended in pt 4
   59.     Amendment of long title
   60.     Amendment of s 3 (Main purposes of Act)
   61.     Amendment of s 4 (Gas-related matters to which Act does not apply)
   62.     Omission of s 9 (What is fuel gas)
   63.     Amendment of s 10 (What is LPG)
   64.     Amendment of s 12 (What is a transmission pipeline)
   65.     Amendment of s 13 (What is a distribution pipeline)
   66.     Amendment of s 14 (What is a distribution system)
   67.     Amendment of s 15 (When fuel gas is reticulated)
   68.     Replacement of ss 16-18
           69. Amendment of s 19 (What are customer connection services)
   70.     Amendment of s 20 (What are customer retail services)
   71.     Amendment of s 21 (What is a distribution authority)
   72.     Amendment of s 22 (Who is a distributor)
   73.     Amendment of s 23 (Types of distribution authority and their distributors)
   74.     Amendment of s 25 (Who is a retailer)
   75.     Amendment of ch 2, hdg (Fuel gas distribution)
   76.     Amendment of s 28 (Requirements for application)
   77.     Amendment of s 42 (Obligation to operate and maintain distribution pipes)
   78.     Amendment of s 48 (Contingency practices and procedures)
   79.     Insertion of new ss 50A and 50B
           80. Amendment of s 57 (Conditions for amendment, cancellation or suspension)
   81.     Omission of ch 2, pt 1, div 5 (Service quality standards)
   82.     Amendment of s 75 (What is gas infrastructure and gas infrastructure work)
   83.     Insertion of new s 75A
           84. Amendment of s 78 (Right to carry out work on publicly controlled place)
   85.     Amendment of s 104 (Deciding application)
   86.     Insertion of new s 104A
           87. Amendment of s 105 (Distributor's obligation to propose terms)
   88.     Amendment of s 106 (Customer connection contract)
   89.     Omission of s 107 (Cooling-off period for customer connection contracts)
   90.     Amendment of s 108 (Commencement of customer connection services)
   91.     Amendment of s 109 (Limits on provision of customer connection services)
   92.     Insertion of new ch 2, pt 3, div 2, sdiv 3
   93.     Amendment of ch 2, pt 3, div 3, hdg (Changes to fuel gas installation)
   94.     Amendment of s 111 (Obligation to give information to allow proposed changes)
   95.     Amendment of s 112 (Applying to change connection)
   96.     Omission of ch 2, pt 3, divs 4 and 5
   97.     Amendment of s 125 (Operation of pt 4)
   98.     Amendment of s 126 (Distributor must provide meter)
   99.     Amendment of s 131 (Alternative measurement)
   100.    Insertion of new ch 2, pt 5, div 1A
   101.    Amendment of s 133 (Functions)
           102. Amendment of s 140 (Power to enter for emergency)
   103.    Omission of ch 2, pt 6 (Market operating arrangements in natural gas market)
   104.    Amendment of ch 3, hdg (Supply of reticulated fuel gas)
   105.    Amendment of s 148 (Who may apply for retail authority)
   106.    Replacement of ch 3, pt 1, div 2, sdivs 2 and 3
   107.    Amendment of s 167 (General right of retailer)
   108.    Amendment of s 169 (Restriction on general retailers)
   109.    Insertion of new s 170
           110. Amendment of s 171 (Area retailers—restriction for non-contestable customers)
   111.    Omission of s 172 (Telephone hotline)
   112.    Insertion of new ss 174A and 174B
           113. Amendment of s 181 (Conditions for amendment, cancellation or suspension)
   114.    Replacement of ch 3, pt 2 (Customer retail services)
   115.    Amendment of s 213 (On-suppliers and their receivers)
   116.    Amendment of s 214 (Common areas and common area consumption)
   117.    Omission of s 216 (Restriction of application of pt 3 for LPG)
   118.    Amendment of s 217 (On-supply agreements)
   119.    Amendment of s 222 (Individual metering option)
   120.    Amendment of s 223 (Compensation for installation damage)
   121.    Replacement of ch 3, pt 4, hdg (Pricing and service quality standards)
   122.    Replacement of s 228 (Fixing of prices for customer retail services or on-supply)
   123.    Amendment of s 229 (Review of notified prices)
   124.    Replacement of s 230 (Public advertisement of notified prices)
   125.    Amendment of s 231 (Requirement to comply with notified prices)
   126.    Amendment of s 233 (Directions for prices notification)
   127.    Omission of s 235 (Standards about quality of customer retail services)
   128.    Amendment of s 236 (Who is an industry participant)
   129.    Amendment of s 237 (Regulator's power to require plan)
   130.    Amendment of s 239 (Contingency supply plan—content requirements)
   131.    Amendment of s 244 (Notice of significant disruption)
   132.    Amendment of s 245 (Regulator's power to require information from industry participant)
   133.    Amendment of s 247 (Notice of intention to stop fuel gas transport or customer connection or retail services)
   134.    Amendment of s 248 (Regulation may provide for scheme)
   135.    Amendment of s 250 (Matters that may be provided for under scheme)
   136.    Amendment of s 251 (Minister's power to make declaration)
   137.    Amendment of s 254 (Minister's power to give directions while declaration in force)
   138.    Amendment of s 256 (Liability of recipient for fuel gas supplied under direction)
   139.    Amendment of s 257 (Direction overrides contracts)
   140.    Replacement of ch 5, hdg (Dispute resolution)
   141.    Replacement of s 258 (Complaint investigation and dispute resolution)
   142.    Amendment of s 259 (Regulator's power to require information)
   143.    Omission of ch 5, pt 2 (Customer disputes)
   144.    Omission of s 266 (Application of pt 3)
   145.    Insertion of new ch 5A
   146.    Insertion of new ch 6, pt 1A
   147.    Amendment of s 279 (Who may appeal)
   148.    Amendment of s 286 (Unlawfully operating distribution pipeline)
   149.    Amendment of s 287 (Unlawful tampering with gas infrastructure)
   150.    Amendment of s 288 (Unlawfully selling reticulated fuel gas)
   151.    Amendment of s 289 (Unlawfully taking fuel gas)
   152.    Amendment of s 295 (Evidence of tampering with gas infrastructure)
   153.    Amendment of ch 6, pt 3, div 2, hdg (Provisions for unlawfully taking fuel gas)
   154.    Amendment of s 297 (Evidence of unlawful taking of fuel gas)
   155.    Amendment of s 298 (Proceeding may be for a period)
   156.    Amendment of s 299 (Ownership of fuel gas for proceeding)
   157.    Insertion of new ch 6, pt 3, div 3
   158.    Amendment of s 301 (Additional consequences of unlawfully operating distribution pipe)
   159.    Amendment of s 302 (Additional consequences of unlawfully selling reticulated fuel gas)
   160.    Insertion of new s 307A
           161. Insertion of new s 310A
           162. Amendment of s 315 (Protection from civil liability for particular persons)
   163.    Amendment of s 316 (Limitation of liability of distributors and retailers)
   164.    Insertion of new s 316A
           165. Amendment of s 320 (Delegation by Minister)
   166.    Insertion of new ss 321A and 321B
           167. Replacement of ch 7 (Transitional provisions)
   168.    Omission of sch 1 (Contestable customers)
   169.    Omission of sch 3 (New authorities)
   170.    Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary)
           Part 5--Amendment of Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997
   171.    Act amended in pt 5
   172.    Amendment of s 10 (Authority's functions)
   173.    Amendment of s 187 (Confidential information)
   174.    Replacement of s 227A (Keeping registers)
   175.    Amendment of s 239 (Confidential information)
   176.    Amendment of schedule (Dictionary)
           Part 6--Minor and consequential amendments
   177.    Acts amended in schedule
           SCHEDULE MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS