Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ACT 2004 - SECT 79

79 .         Code of conduct

        (1)         The Authority may, in consultation with the committee, approve a code of conduct under this section.

        (2)         The code of conduct is to regulate and control the conduct of —

            (a)         the holders of retail licences, distribution licences and integrated regional licences; and

            (b)         electricity marketing agents,

                with the object of —

            (c)         defining standards of conduct in the supply and marketing of electricity to customers and providing for compensation payments to be made to customers when standards of conduct are not met; and

            (d)         protecting customers from undesirable marketing conduct.

        (3)         The code of conduct may contain such ancillary and incidental provisions as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of subsection (2).

        (4)         In the case of the initial code of conduct, subsection (1) has effect subject to Schedule 3 clause 1.

        [Section 79 amended by No. 33 of 2004 s. 30.]