{"id":"sl-2016-2","name":"Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated Utility Service) Regulation 2016","slug":"utilities-technical-regulation-light-rail-regulated-utility-service-regulation-2016","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"2 of 2016","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173898,"registerId":"act-sl-2016-2-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated Utility Service) Regulation 2016","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) (Light\nRail—Regulated Utility Service)\nRegulation 2016\nSL2016-2\nmade under the\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 16 February 2016\nRepublication date: 16 February 2016\nRegulation not amended\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated Utility\nService) Regulation 2016, made under the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014 (including\nany amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force\non 16 February 2016. It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this\nrepublished law.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial amendments\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act\n2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an\nindividual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n16/02/16\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated\nUtility Service) Regulation 2016\nEffective: 16/02/16\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) (Light\nRail—Regulated Utility Service)\nRegulation 2016\nmade under the\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Dictionary 2\n4 Notes 2\n5 Regulated utility service—Act, s 10 (1) 2\n6 Regulated utility network and infrastructure—Act, s 10 (2) 2\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated\nUtility Service) Regulation 2016\nEffective: 16/02/16\nR1\n16/02/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary 4\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 5\n2 Abbreviation key 5\n3 Legislation history 6\n4 Amendment history 6\n\nR1\n16/02/16\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated\nUtility Service) Regulation 2016\nEffective: 16/02/16\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) (Light\nRail—Regulated Utility Service)\nRegulation 2016\nmade under the\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated\nUtility Service) Regulation 2016\nEffective: 16/02/16\nR1\n16/02/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—\nRegulated Utility Service) Regulation 2016.\n3 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the\ndefinition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or\nthe contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and\ns 156 (1)).\n4 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n5 Regulated utility service—Act, s 10 (1)\nThe supply of electricity from a light rail network is a regulated utility\nservice.\nNote A person who provides a service that is a regulated utility service is a\nregulated utility (see Act, s 8).\n6 Regulated utility network and infrastructure—Act, s 10 (2)\n(1) A light rail network, and the infrastructure it consists of, is a regulated\nutility network for the regulated utility service mentioned in section\n5.\n(2) A light rail network consists of the following infrastructure:\n(a) a network to supply electricity to rolling stock and associated\ninfrastructure, including rail tracks;\n\nSection 6\nR1\n16/02/16\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated\nUtility Service) Regulation 2016\nEffective: 16/02/16\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(b) substations and facilities to supply and regulate power to the\nnetwork;\n(c) any electrical zone related to the effect of stray current or the\nmanagement of the effect of electrical current;\n(d) any other thing ancillary to any other part of the infrastructure.\nExample—par (c)—management of effect of electrical current\ncathodic protection\nNote An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend,\nbut does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see\nLegislation Act, s 126 and s 132).\n(3) To remove any doubt, infrastructure mentioned in subsection (2) does\nnot include rolling stock.\n\nDictionary\npage 4 Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated\nUtility Service) Regulation 2016\nEffective: 16/02/16\nR1\n16/02/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 3)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following term:\n person (see s 160).\nNote 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in\nthe Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014 (see Legislation Act, s 148).\nFor example, the following term is defined in the Utilities (Technical\nRegulation) Act 2014, dict:\n regulated utility service (see s 9).\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n16/02/16\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated\nUtility Service) Regulation 2016\nEffective: 16/02/16\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 6 Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated\nUtility Service) Regulation 2016\nEffective: 16/02/16\nR1\n16/02/16\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nUtilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated Utility Service)\nRegulation 2016 SL2016-2\nnotified LR 15 February 2016\ns 1, s 2 commenced 15 February 2016 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 16 February 2016 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2016","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"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation specifies and clarifies the scope of the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act by naming electricity supply from a light rail network as a regulated utility service and by listing included infrastructure while excluding rolling stock (ss 5–6). The text provides definitional detail but does not, on its face, expand or narrow the Act’s functions beyond those clarifications."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, narrowly focused instrument (ss 5–6) — low text volume reduces interpretive complexity.","Relies on cross-references to the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014 for operative meaning (dictionary note; Act, s 8 and s 9 referenced).","Defines which physical components are included (network, substations, electrical zones, ancillaries) but excludes rolling stock (s 6(2)–(3)), creating a clear inclusion/exclusion boundary.","Uses a technical term ('stray current') with an illustrative example (cathodic protection) that may require engineering interpretation for compliance (s 6(2)(c) and example).","No detailed obligations, penalties or procedural rules in this regulation itself — those remain in the parent Act, so legal effect depends on interpreting the Act alongside these definitions."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation declares that supplying electricity to light rail is a \"regulated utility service\" and sets out what parts of a light rail system are treated as the regulated utility network (power supply network, substations, electrical zones for stray current, and ancillary infrastructure), while excluding rolling stock (ss 5–6). It therefore brings light-rail electricity supply under the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act’s technical regulation framework, affecting the businesses that provide that supply and the regulator that enforces technical compliance."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation maintains its original narrow scope. It was created specifically to bring light rail electricity supply under the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014, and it does exactly that without expansion into operational matters, passenger safety, or other transport regulation."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 6 sections, with 2 being purely administrative (name and dictionary)","Minimal defined terms: only references to definitions in parent Act (Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014)","No conditional logic or exceptions beyond the single exclusion of rolling stock in section 6(3)","No cross-references except to the enabling Act's section numbers","Straightforward declaratory structure: simply states 'X is a regulated utility service' and 'Y is the network'","Single example provided (cathodic protection) but marked as non-exhaustive per standard legislative practice"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation brings the ACT's light rail system under technical safety regulation. It declares that **supplying electricity to light rail vehicles** is a \"regulated utility service\" under the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014. This means the light rail electricity network must meet specific technical and safety standards.\n\n**What infrastructure is covered:**\n- The electrical network powering the trains (tracks, overhead wires, etc.)\n- Substations and power regulation facilities\n- Systems managing electrical interference (like stray current protection)\n- Ancillary equipment\n\n**What's excluded:** The actual trains themselves (\"rolling stock\") are not covered by this regulation.\n\n**Why it matters:** Before this regulation, the light rail electricity supply wasn't explicitly covered by the Act's safety framework. This closes that gap, ensuring the electrical infrastructure powering Canberra's trams is subject to the same technical oversight as other utilities like electricity and water networks."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/utilities-technical-regulation-light-rail-regulated-utility-service-regulation-2016","history":"/api/acts/utilities-technical-regulation-light-rail-regulated-utility-service-regulation-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/utilities-technical-regulation-light-rail-regulated-utility-service-regulation-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/utilities-technical-regulation-light-rail-regulated-utility-service-regulation-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/utilities-technical-regulation-light-rail-regulated-utility-service-regulation-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/utilities-technical-regulation-light-rail-regulated-utility-service-regulation-2016/documents"}}