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NATIONAL ELECTRICITY (VICTORIA) ACT 2005 - SECT 26

ESC cannot enforce Victorian pricing determination or certain distribution licence conditions



S. 26(1) amended by No. 41/2021 s. 130.

    (1)     On and from the transitional period commencement date, the ESC cannot make or serve a provisional order or a final order under section 53 of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 , as in force immediately before the commencement of section 6 of the Essential Services Commission (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Amendment Act 2021 , in respect of a contravention or likely contravention by a relevant distributor of, as the case requires—

        (a)     a Victorian distribution pricing determination; or

        (b)     a condition of a distribution licence that requires compliance with—

              (i)     a relevant regulatory law or instrument (as that law or instrument relates to the economic regulation of the provision of distribution services by a relevant distributor); or

              (ii)     a code or a guideline published by the ESC that relates to the economic regulation of the provision of distribution services by a distributor.

S. 26(2) inserted by No. 11/2013 s. 18.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to a contravention or likely contravention by a relevant distributor of a condition of the distribution licence held by that distributor that requires compliance with an ESC enforceable regulatory requirement.

S. 27 inserted by No. 66/2007 s. 5.



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