Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts[s. 79, 81]
Division 1 — Initial customer service code of conduct
1 . Approval of initial customer service code of
conduct
(1) The initial code
of conduct under section 79 is to be approved by the Minister instead of
by the Authority.
(2) The Minister is to
act under subclause (1) in consultation with the committee.
(3) The provisions
of —
(a)
Part 6; and
(b) the
Interpretation Act 1984 section 25 in its application to that Part,
are modified so far as
is necessary to enable effect to be given to subclauses (1) and (2).
(4) The code of
conduct approved in accordance with this clause is to be taken, for the
purposes of Part 6, to be a code of conduct approved by the Authority
under Part 6.
2 . Appointment of initial committee
(1) The Minister
instead of the Authority is to —
(a)
determine the initial membership, constitution and procedures of the committee
under section 81; and
(b)
appoint the initial members of the committee,
and may make the
initial determinations under section 81(3).
(2) The provisions
of —
(a)
section 81; and
(b) the
Interpretation Act 1984 section 25 in its application to that
section,
are modified so far as
is necessary to enable effect to be given to subclause (1).
(3) The committee
established in accordance with this clause is to be taken, for the purposes of
section 81 to be the committee established by the Authority under that
section.
3 . Regulations for transitional matters
If in the opinion of
the Minister an anomaly arises in —
(a) the
carrying out of clause 1 or 2; or
(b) the
operation of Part 6 in accordance with the Interpretation Act 1984
section 25,
the Governor may by
regulations make such provision as is necessary —
(c) to
remove the anomaly; and
(d) to
achieve the purpose of clause 1(1) or 2(1).
Division 2 — Initial electricity ombudsman scheme
4 . Approval of initial electricity ombudsman
scheme
(1) The Minister
instead of the Authority is to —
(a)
approve the initial electricity ombudsman scheme under sections 92
and 93; and
(b) give
the initial approval required for the purposes of Schedule 2
paragraph (j).
(2) The provisions
of —
(a)
Part 7 Division 2;
(b)
Schedule 2; and
(c) the
Interpretation Act 1984 section 25 in its application to the
provisions mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b),
are modified so far as
is necessary to enable effect to be given to subclause (1).
(3) A scheme approved
in accordance with this clause is to be taken, for the purposes of
Part 7, to be a scheme approved by the Authority under Division 2 of
that Part.
5 . Regulations for transitional matters
If in the opinion of
the Minister an anomaly arises in —
(a) the
carrying out of clause 4; or
(b) the
operation of Part 7 Division 2 in accordance with the
Interpretation Act 1984 section 25,
the Governor may by
regulations make such provision as is necessary —
(c) to
remove the anomaly; and
(d) to
achieve the purpose of clause 4.