South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor may
make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for
the purposes of, this Act.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1), the regulations may deal with the following matters:
(a) the
generation, transmission, distribution, sale and supply of electricity; and
(b) the
construction, installation and positioning of electricity infrastructure and
electrical installations; and
(c)
technical, operational and safety requirements and standards and monitoring
and enforcing compliance with the prescribed requirements and standards; and
(d) the
conferral or performance of functions associated with the operation of any
legislation or scheme associated with an electricity market; and
(e) the
exemption (conditionally or unconditionally) of persons or operations from the
application of this Act or specified provisions of this Act; and
(f) fees
to be paid in respect of any matter under this Act and the recovery, refund,
waiver or reduction of such fees; and
(g)
penalties not exceeding $5 000 for contravention of a regulation.
(2a) If the
regulations grant an exemption from the requirement to hold a licence under
Part 3, the regulations may require a person exempted from the requirement to
be treated as an electricity entity for the purposes of specified provisions
of this Act.
(2c) The Governor may
make regulations that the Governor considers necessary or expedient for the
purposes of the National Electricity (South Australia) Law and the National
Electricity Rules.
(3) The regulations
may—
(a) be
of general application or limited in application according to the persons,
areas, times or circumstances to which it is expressed to apply;
(b)
provide that a matter or thing in respect of which regulations may be made is
to be determined, regulated or prohibited according to the discretion of the
Minister, the Commission or the Technical Regulator;
(c)
refer to or incorporate, wholly or partially and with or without modification,
any standard or other document prepared or published by a body referred to in
the regulation, as is in force from time to time or as in force at a
particular time;
(d)
impose a requirement for compliance with procedures or requirements specified,
whether in a particular case or generally, for safety or technical purposes by
an electricity entity that operates a transmission or distribution network.