{"id":"electricity-corporations-transitional-regulations-2006","name":"Electricity Corporations (Transitional) Regulations 2006","slug":"electricity-corporations-transitional-regulations-2006","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":176482,"registerId":"wa-electricity-corporations-transitional-regulations-2006-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Electricity Corporations (Transitional) Regulations 2006","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nElectricity Corporations Act 2005\n\nElectricity Corporations (Transitional) Regulations 2006\n\nWestern Australia\n\nElectricity Corporations (Transitional) Regulations 2006\n\nContents\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Definition 1\n\n4. Function relating to unallocated assets and liabilities 1\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 2\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nElectricity Corporations Act 2005\n\nElectricity Corporations (Transitional) Regulations 2006\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\nThese regulations are the *Electricity Corporations (Transitional) Regulations 2006*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation on 1 April 2006.\n\n##### 3. Definition\n\nIn these regulations —\n\n  WPC means Western Power Corporation as constituted under the Act section 188.\n\n##### 4. Function relating to unallocated assets and liabilities\n\nIt is a function of WPC to do any thing that the Minister requires WPC to do for the purpose of —\n\n(a) dealing with an asset or right; or\n\n(b) discharging a liability,\n\nto which the Act section 169 applies.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Electricity Corporations (Transitional) Regulations 2006*. The following table contains information about those regulations.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Gazettal** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Electricity Corporations (Transitional) Regulations 2006* | 31 Mar 2006 p. 1157 | 1 Apr 2006 (see r. 2) |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nWPC 3\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a transitional regulation with a narrow, specific purpose that matches its title. It has not expanded beyond its original intent of providing a mechanism for dealing with unallocated assets and liabilities during the electricity corporation restructuring."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative provisions (rules)","Single defined term ('WPC')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond one section reference (s. 169)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Extremely short length (approximately 200 words of substantive content)","Straightforward command structure: 'It is a function of X to do Y'"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short piece of Western Australian law that gives the Western Power Corporation (WPC) a specific job to do during the transition to new electricity laws. \n\n**What it does:**\n- **Gives WPC a function**: The Minister can tell WPC to handle any leftover assets (things the corporation owns) or liabilities (debts or obligations it owes) that weren't automatically transferred under section 169 of the main Electricity Corporations Act 2005.\n- **In simple terms**: When the government restructured the electricity industry, some assets and debts might have fallen through the cracks. This law makes sure WPC can be directed by the Minister to clean up those loose ends.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Western Power Corporation (the state-owned electricity utility)\n- The Minister for Energy (who can give directions)\n- Anyone with interests in those unallocated assets or liabilities\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout this regulation, there would be no clear authority to deal with stray assets or liabilities during the electricity industry restructuring. It ensures a tidy legal transition without orphaned property or debts."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations do not expand or narrow the Act’s substantive reach; they assign to WPC the function of carrying out ministerial directions about assets and liabilities to which Act s.169 applies (see r.4 and the WPC definition in r.3). They are transitional (r.2) and simply provide an operational mechanism to implement the Act’s existing provisions rather than alter scope."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to the Electricity Corporations Act 2005 (the regulations rely on Act s.169 for subject-matter and Act s.188 for the definition of WPC).","Broad, open-ended wording: r.4 uses \"do any thing\" which creates wide functional scope for WPC and broad ministerial instructions.","Ministerial discretion: r.4 makes specified actions contingent on what the Minister \"requires\", concentrating decision authority in the Minister without procedural detail.","Limited procedural or substantive constraints in the regulations themselves (no criteria, timelines, or review mechanisms provided in the instrument).","Transitional, time-bound effect (r.2) reduces permanence but requires coordination with the parent Act during the handover period."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations give Western Power Corporation (WPC) the explicit function of doing anything the Minister requires to deal with assets, rights or liabilities covered by section 169 of the Electricity Corporations Act 2005. They commence on 1 April 2006 and apply in the Act’s transitional phase. This matters because it makes WPC the entity that must implement ministerial directions about unallocated electricity-sector assets and liabilities during the transition."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as no legislative text was provided. The source material is a website error page, not the regulations themselves. No comparison between original intent and final form is possible."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was available for analysis — the source is an error/redirect page only","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without access to the actual regulatory content","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable material, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"These 2006 Western Australian regulations set out transitional rules for electricity corporations, governing how legal, structural or administrative changes are handled during a changeover (e.g., reform, restructuring or replacement of prior law). They affect electricity utilities, their staff, contracts and regulatory arrangements and matter because they determine rights, obligations and continuity during the transition.\n\nThe actual text isn’t accessible here; consult the WA legislation website or the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for the authoritative instrument."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-transitional-regulations-2006","history":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-transitional-regulations-2006/history","analysis":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-transitional-regulations-2006/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-transitional-regulations-2006/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-transitional-regulations-2006/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/electricity-corporations-transitional-regulations-2006/documents"}}