Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
“arbitrator” has the meaning given to
that term in the Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Act 1998
section 61;
“Authority” means the Economic
Regulation Authority established by the Economic Regulation Authority
Act 2003 ;
“Board” has the meaning given to that
term in the Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Act 1998
section 49;
“customer” means a person to whom
electricity is sold for the purpose of consumption;
“distribution licence” means a licence
with the classification described in section 4(1)(c);
“distribution system” means any
apparatus, equipment, plant or buildings used, or to be used, for, or in
connection with, the transportation of electricity at nominal voltages of less
than 66 kV;
“electricity” includes electrical
energy of any kind however produced, stored, transported or consumed;
“generating works” means any
apparatus, equipment, plant or buildings used, or to be used, for, or in
connection with, the generation of electricity;
“generation licence” means a licence
with the classification described in section 4(1)(a);
“integrated regional licence” means a
licence with the classification described in section 4(1)(e);
“licence” means —
(a) a
generation licence;
(b) a
transmission licence;
(c) a
distribution licence;
(d) a
retail licence; or
(e) an
integrated regional licence;
“licence area” means the area or areas
designated in a licence under section 5;
“licensee” means the holder of a
licence and includes any transferee of a licence under section 18;
“operate” , in relation to generating
works, a transmission system, or a distribution system, includes —
(a) to
maintain the works or system; and
(b) to
make any modifications necessary or desirable for the operation of the works
or system;
“relevant corporation” means Western
Power Corporation or a body corporate that is a subsidiary, as defined in
section 3 of the Electricity Corporation Act 1994 , of Western Power
Corporation;
“retail licence” means a licence with
the classification described in section 4(1)(d);
“South West interconnected system”
means the interconnected transmission and distribution systems, generating
works and associated works —
(a)
located in the South West of the State and extending generally between
Kalbarri, Albany and Kalgoorlie; and
(b) into
which electricity is supplied by —
(i)
one or more of the electricity generation plants at
Kwinana, Muja, Collie and Pinjar; or
(ii)
any prescribed electricity generation plant;
“supply” means to do any one or more
of the following —
(a)
generate;
(b)
transport through a transmission system;
(c)
transport through a distribution system;
(d)
sell;
“transmission licence” means a licence
with the classification described in section 4(1)(b);
“transmission system” means any
apparatus, equipment, plant or buildings used, or to be used, for, or in
connection with, the transportation of electricity at nominal voltages of
66 kV or higher;
“Western Power Corporation” means the
body corporate that is Western Power Corporation under section 4(1) of
the Electricity Corporation Act 1994 .