Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION REGULATIONS 1997 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This a compilation of the Electricity Distribution Regulations 1997 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
Electricity Distribution Regulations 1997	1 Jul 1997 p. 3335‑406	1 Jul 1997 (see r. 2)
Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations 1998	31 Dec 1998 p. 7397‑404	1 Jan 1999 (see r. 2)
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2001 Pt. 8	28 Sep 2001 p. 5353‑8	15 Jul 2001 (see r. 2 and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)
Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2001	28 Dec 2001 p. 6714‑17	28 Dec 2001 (see r. 2)
Electricity Transmission Amendment Regulations 2002 r. 6	29 Oct 2002 p. 5343‑5	1 Jan 2003 (see r. 2)
Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2004	22 Jun 2004 p. 2162‑4	23 Jun 2004 (see r. 2 and Gazette 22 Jun 2004 p. 2161)
Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations 2006	20 Jan 2006 p. 378‑9	20 Jan 2006
Electricity Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 Pt. 2	31 Mar 2006 p. 1299‑357	1 Apr 2006 (see r. 2)
Reprint 1: The Electricity Distribution Regulations 1997 as at 4 Aug 2006 (includes amendments listed above)
Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2006	25 Aug 2006 p. 3499-501	Regulations other than r. 4(b) and 5-9: 25 Aug 2006 (see r. 2(1)); r. 4(b) and 5-9: 21 Sep 2006 08:00 (WST) (see r. 2(2) and Gazette 19 Sep 2006 p. 4065)
Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations 2007	26 Jun 2007 p. 3024-7	r. 1 and 2: 26 Jun 2007 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2007 (see r. 2(b))
Reprint 2: The Electricity Distribution Regulations 1997 as at 8 Jan 2010 (includes amendments listed above)
Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations 2010	16 Apr 2010 p. 1489	r. 1 and 2: 16 Apr 2010 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 17 Apr 2010 (see r. 2(b))

² Formerly referred to the Electricity Corporation Act 1994, the short title of which was changed to the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems (Access) Act 1994 by the Electricity Corporations Act 2005 s. 139.

³ Formerly referred to the Energy Corporations (Powers) Act 1979, the short title of which was changed to the Energy Operators (Powers) Act 1979 by the Gas Corporation (Business Disposal) Act 1999 s. 78. The reference was amended under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(3)(gb).

⁴ Repealed by the Electricity Referee and Dispute Resolution Repeal Regulations 2007.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
access application 3(1)
access information 3(1), 14(1)
access offer 3(1)
adjusted net amount 24(6)
affected obligation 36(2)
affected person 36(2)
ancillary services 3(1)
applicable laws 3(1)
applicant 3(1)
augment 3(1)
business day 3(1)
Change 20(2)(a)
connection 3(1)
connection equipment 3(1)
connection services 3(1)
contract maximum demand 3(1)
control system services 3(1)
controllers 3(1)
corporation 3(1)
declared sent‑out capacity 3(1)
default 41(1)
demand entry rate 25(1)(b)
demand exit rate 25(1)(a)
direct damage 42(1)
disconnect 3(1)
distribution access agreement 3(1)
distribution access services 3(1)
distribution connection 3(1)
distribution employee 3(1)
distribution entry point 3(1)
distribution exit point 3(1)
distribution network services 3(1)
distribution price schedule 3(1)
Distribution Technical Code 3(1)
electricity distribution network 3(1)
Electricity Generation Corporation 3(1)
Electricity Networks Corporation 3(1)
Electricity Retail Corporation 3(1)
electricity transmission network 3(1)
eligible premises 3(1), 51(2)
embedded generating unit 3(1)
encumbrance 3(1)
energy entry amount 23(c)
energy exit amount 23(d)
entry point 3(1)
excess amount 26(1)(a)
excess demand 25(1)(d)
excess rate 26(3)(a)
exempt connection 3(1)
existing agreement 3(1)
existing connection 3(1)
exit point 3(1)
first access application 13(2)
first person 32(5)
force majeure event 3(1)
generating unit 3(1)
good electricity industry practice 3(1)
group of connections 23(a)
indirect damage 42(1)
interconnected network 3(1)
linked transmission agreement 3(1)
market rules 20A(1)
metering equipment 3(1)
metering services 3(1)
network planning criteria 3(1)
outage 3(1)
permitted tolerance 23(e)
post‑trip management 3(1)
preliminary assessment 3(1)
premises 3(1)
Prices and Charges Paper 3(1)
Referee 3(1)
Regional Power Corporation 3(1)
regional power system 3(1)
related body corporate 3(1)
relevant amount 23(f)
renewable energy source 3(1)
response 3(1)
revised net amount 24(2)
RPC Retail 51(1)
sensitive information 3(1)
South West interconnected system 3(1)
spinning reserve 3(1)

standby generation reservation 25(1)(c)
sub‑network 3(1)
supervising officers 3(1)
tax 20(3)
technical compliance agreement 3(1)
transfer point 3(1)
transmission access services 3(1)
transmission connection 3(1)
transmission employee 3(1)
transmission fee schedule 3(1)
voltage control 3(1)
wholesale electricity market commencement 20A(1)