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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
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