{"id":"electricity-corporations-restructuring-and-disposal-regulations-2014","name":"Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Regulations 2014","slug":"electricity-corporations-restructuring-and-disposal-regulations-2014","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":235399,"registerId":"sa-electricity-corporations-restructuring-and-disposal-regulations-2014-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Regulations 2014","content":"South Australia\nElectricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Regulations 2014\nunder the Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Act 1999\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n3\tMining at Leigh Creek\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Regulations 2014.\n3—Mining at Leigh Creek\nFor the purposes of section 48 of the Electricity Corporations Act 1994, a sale or lease of any seam of coal vested in the Crown at or near Leigh Creek or a contract for any such sale or lease or a right to mine any such seam of coal may be made or granted by or on behalf of the Crown with or to—\n\t(a)\ta person who operates or will operate the Northern Power Station at or near Port Augusta; or\n\t(b)\ta person approved by the Minister on the nomination of a person referred to in paragraph (a); or\n\t(c)\tLeigh Creek Operations Pty Ltd.\nNote—\nRegulation 6 of the Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Regulations 1999 varied the proclamation made under Schedule 1 clause 3(4) of the Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Act 1999 (Gazette 7.9.2000 p1636).\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nLegislation revoked by principal regulations\nThe Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Regulations 2014 revoked the following:\nElectricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Regulations 1999\nPrincipal regulations and variations\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2014\n216\nGazette 7.8.2014 p3992\n1.9.2014: r 2\n2020\n293\nGazette 12.11.2020 p5045\n12.11.2020: r 2\nProvisions varied\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nCommencement\nr 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n12.11.2020\nr 3\nvaried by 293/2020 r 4\n12.11.2020\nSch 1\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n12.11.2020\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: controlling access to Leigh Creek coal seams. The 2020 amendment expanded the list of permitted parties from two categories to three by adding Leigh Creek Operations Pty Ltd, but this is a minor expansion within the same narrow scope rather than a fundamental broadening of purpose. The regulations have not grown beyond their original intent of restricting coal mining rights at this specific location."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 1 substantive regulation (r 3) plus a short title provision","No defined terms section — relies on definitions in parent Act (Electricity Corporations Act 1994)","Single operative provision with simple tripartite structure (paragraphs (a), (b), (c))","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond the basic 'or' structure","Cross-reference to only one external provision (s 48 of Electricity Corporations Act 1994)","Legislative history tables are administrative metadata, not substantive law"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations are a very specific, narrow piece of South Australian law that deals with who can mine coal at Leigh Creek (a former coal mining town in SA's north).\n\n**The key rule:**\n\nNormally, the *Electricity Corporations Act 1994* governs how the Crown (the government) can sell or lease coal seams. These regulations create a special exception for Leigh Creek coal. They say the government can only sell, lease, or grant mining rights for Leigh Creek coal to:\n\n*   **The operator of the Northern Power Station** at Port Augusta (or someone who will operate it); **or**\n*   **Someone approved by the Minister**, but only if nominated by that power station operator; **or**\n*   **Leigh Creek Operations Pty Ltd** — a specific company.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   The South Australian government (Crown)\n*   Anyone wanting to mine coal at Leigh Creek\n*   The Northern Power Station operator and Leigh Creek Operations Pty Ltd\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis is a **restrictive provision** — it limits who can access Leigh Creek coal reserves. It appears designed to ensure coal supply for the Northern Power Station (which has since closed) or to control who can revive mining operations at Leigh Creek. The 2020 amendment added Leigh Creek Operations Pty Ltd as a permitted party, suggesting the regulations were updated to allow a specific company to pursue mining activities after the power station's closure.\n\n**In short:** These regulations act as a gatekeeper, restricting Leigh Creek coal mining rights to a very small, specific list of approved parties."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not available for review. No determination can be made as to whether the regulation's operational scope differed from its original intent."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — the source URL returned a 404 Page Not Found error","Analysis is limited entirely to inference from the regulation's title","Complexity of the actual instrument cannot be assessed without its content","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable material, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"A South Australian regulation governing the restructuring and disposal of government-owned electricity corporations — i.e., rules for how public electricity businesses were reorganised, transferred or sold. It affects government asset holders, employees, consumers and counterparties whose rights or obligations depend on those transactions, and matters because it changes ownership, legal responsibilities and entitlements tied to electricity infrastructure."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The 2014 regulations re‑state a specific permission to sell or lease Leigh Creek coal seams to identified classes of recipients. The instrument revoked the 1999 regulations and later had non‑substantive variations/omissions (r2 and Sch 1 omitted; r3 varied), but the text provided shows no material widening or narrowing of the substantive permission in regulation 3."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow substantive rule (single operative regulation) keeping overall structure simple.","Depends on and must be read with section 48 of the Electricity Corporations Act 1994 (cross‑reference increases legal context needed).","Ministerial discretion to approve nominees creates administrative decision-making and potential uncertainty.","Use of phrasing like 'operates or will operate' introduces temporal/ factual ambiguity about eligibility.","Named beneficiary (Leigh Creek Operations Pty Ltd) and specific project linkage (Northern Power Station) create particularised application rather than general rule.","Regulatory history shows revocation of 1999 regulations and later formal variations/omissions (legislative housekeeping that may require checking past instruments)."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations allow the Crown, for the purposes of s48 of the Electricity Corporations Act 1994, to sell or lease coal seams at or near Leigh Creek or grant mining rights to operators (or prospective operators) of the Northern Power Station, Minister‑approved nominees of those operators, or Leigh Creek Operations Pty Ltd. It affects prospective buyers/lessees and gives the Crown and the Minister the decision power; purchasers meet payment and compliance obligations."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-restructuring-and-disposal-regulations-2014","history":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-restructuring-and-disposal-regulations-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-restructuring-and-disposal-regulations-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-restructuring-and-disposal-regulations-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-restructuring-and-disposal-regulations-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-restructuring-and-disposal-regulations-2014/documents"}}