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ACTEW/AGL Partnership Facilitation
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The republished law
This is a republication of the ACTEW/AGL Partnership Facilitation Act 2000 (including any
amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on
16 November 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting
this republished law to 16 November 2025.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
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changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into
line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
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individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Contents
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Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Act 2
3 Dictionary 2
4 Notes 2
4A Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc 2
5 Object of this Act 3
6 Extraterritorial operation 3
7 Relationship with the Territory-owned Corporations Act 3
Part 2 Rights concerning certain network facilities
8 Definitions—pt 2 4
9 Purpose—pt 2 5
10 Facilities on non-ACTEW or non-AGL land 5
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Part 3 Vesting of assets and liabilities
Division 3.1 At commencement of joint venture
11 Vesting of assets and liabilities 7
Division 3.2 At end of joint venture
12 Application of div 3.2 8
13 Vesting of assets and liabilities 8
Division 3.3 Provisions applicable to all vestings under pt 3
14 Description of assets etc 9
15 Effect of declarations under pt 3 9
16 Evidence of vesting 10
17 Completion of necessary transactions 10
18 Registration of changes of ownership of assets 10
19 Pt 3 does not place person in breach of contract etc 11
20 Application of Lands Acquisition Act 12
21 Proceedings and evidence 12
Part 4 Secondment of ACTEW employees
22 Meaning of joint venture entity for pt 4 14
23 Secondment 14
24 Employer–employee relationship 14
25 Day-to-day supervision of seconded staff 15
26 Employment conditions only affected as expressly provided 16
Part 5 Public accountability
27 ACTEW to maintain at least 50% interest in partnerships 17
28 ACTEW control over its joint venture entities 17
29 ACTEW interest in agent companies 17
30 Agent companies not to dispose of undertakings without consent 18
31 Public interest safeguards in partnership agreements 18
Part 6 Miscellaneous
Division 6.1 Audit of accounts of partnerships
32 Audits 20
33 Auditor to be qualified 20
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Division 6.2 General
34 Agents 20
35 Compensation 21
36 Regulation of prices, access and other matters 21
Dictionary 23
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 26
2 Abbreviation key 26
3 Legislation history 27
4 Amendment history 29
5 Earlier republications 31
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ACTEW/AGL Partnership Facilitation
Act 2000
An Act to facilitate the formation by ACTEW and AGL of a joint venture by way
of partnerships between their subsidiaries
Part 1 Preliminary
Section 1
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Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Act
This Act is the ACTEW/AGL Partnership Facilitation Act 2000.
3 Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this Act is part of this Act.
Note 1 The dictionary at the end of this Act defines certain terms and expressions
used in this Act.
Note 2 A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire Act unless the
definition, or another provision of the Act, provides otherwise or the
contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and
s 156 (1)).
4 Notes
A note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
4A Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc
Other legislation applies in relation to offences against this Act.
Note 1 Criminal Code
The Criminal Code, ch 2 applies to all offences against this Act (see
Code, pt 2.1).
The chapter sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility
(including burdens of proof and general defences), and defines terms used
for offences to which the Code applies (eg conduct, intention,
recklessness and strict liability).
Note 2 Penalty units
The Legislation Act, s 133 deals with the meaning of offence penalties
that are expressed in penalty units.
Preliminary Part 1
Section 5
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5 Object of this Act
The object of this Act is to facilitate the implementation of any future
agreement between ACTEW and AGL to form a joint venture by way
of partnerships between subsidiaries of each of them for the provision
of electricity and gas, and for the undertaking of certain water and
sewerage operations and maintenance activities.
6 Extraterritorial operation
The Legislative Assembly intends that the operation of this Act,
should, as far as possible, extend to the following:
(a) things situated in or outside the ACT;
(b) acts, transactions and matters done, entered into or occurring in
or outside the ACT;
(c) things, acts, transactions and matters (wherever situated, done,
entered into or occurring) that would, apart from this Act, be
governed or otherwise affected by the law of a State, another
Territory, the Commonwealth or a foreign country.
7 Relationship with the Territory-owned Corporations Act
The provisions of this Act are additional to, and do not limit, the
Territory-owned Corporations Act 1990.
Part 2 Rights concerning certain network facilities
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Part 2 Rights concerning certain
network facilities
8 Definitions—pt 2
In this part:
maintenance, for a network facility, includes, for example, the
following work:
(a) the alteration, removal, repair or replacement of any part of the
facility;
(b) the provisioning of the facility with material or information
(whether in electronic form or otherwise);
(c) inspecting or otherwise ensuring the proper functioning of the
facility from time to time.
network facility means any part of the infrastructure of an electricity,
gas, water or sewerage network—
(a) attached to non-ACTEW or non-AGL land; and
(b) used, or formerly used, by ACTEW, AGL or a subsidiary of
either or them in the course of operating a network.
non-ACTEW land means any land in the ACT not owned by
ACTEW or a subsidiary of ACTEW, other than national land.
non-AGL land means any land in the ACT not owned by AGL or a
subsidiary of AGL, other than national land.
utility service means the operation of, or connection to, an electricity
or a gas, water or sewerage network.
Rights concerning certain network facilities Part 2
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9 Purpose—pt 2
The purpose of this part is to remove uncertainty about the ownership
of certain network facilities that are—
(a) used, or for use, by ACTEW, AGL or a subsidiary of either of
them in providing a utility service; and
(b) treated by the Territory and the corporation that uses them or for
the use of which the facilities are available as being owned by
the corporation.
10 Facilities on non-ACTEW or non-AGL land
(1) The Minister may declare that this section applies to network
facilities.
(2) Without limiting the Legislation Act 2001, section 48, network
facilities may be stated in a declaration particularly or by reference to
a stated class, for example, all network facilities or all network
facilities apart from stated exceptions.
(3) A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
(4) A declaration is not valid if it would have the effect of vesting a
facility in a corporation other than the corporation that had used it or
for the use of which it was available.
(5) When a declaration takes effect in relation to a network facility, the
facility, by force of this section—
(a) is severed from the land and remains severed; and
(b) vests in the corporation in which the declaration states that the
facility vests, without any conveyance, transfer or assignment.
(6) A facility severed under subsection (5) ceases for all purposes to be a
fixture.
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(7) A corporation in which a facility has vested has, by force of this
section, the following rights in relation to a network facility to which
this section applies:
(a) to have the facility (including any lines, pipes, equipment and
any other thing ancillary to any other part of the facility) remain
on, under or over the land for the provision of utility services;
(b) for that purpose, to use, or continue to use, the facility;
(c) to enter and occupy land on, above or under which the facility is
located, and to undertake work on that land, to maintain the
facility.
(8) To ensure the proper provision of utility services, the Minister may
determine conditions for the exercise of a right under
subsection (7) (c) and, if any conditions are determined, the right may
only be exercised in accordance with the conditions.
(9) A determination is a notifiable instrument.
Vesting of assets and liabilities Part 3
At commencement of joint venture Division 3.1
Section 11
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Part 3 Vesting of assets and liabilities
Division 3.1 At commencement of joint venture
11 Vesting of assets and liabilities
(1) The Minister may declare that assets, rights or liabilities that—
(a) are vested in ACTEW or AGL or a company that, under the
Corporations Act, is a subsidiary of ACTEW or AGL; and
(b) are stated or described in the declaration;
vest in 1 or more joint venture entities or in a partnership stated or
described in the declaration.
(2) If a declaration under subsection (1) vests assets, rights or liabilities
in a partnership, the assets, rights or liabilities are taken, for all
purposes, to vest jointly and severally for the purposes of the
partnership in each joint venture entity that is a partner.
(3) The Minister may not make a declaration under subsection (1)
unless—
(a) ACTEW and AGL have agreed to the terms of the declaration;
and
(b) for assets, rights and liabilities that are a main undertaking of
ACTEW or a subsidiary for the Territory-owned Corporations
Act 1990, section 16—the Legislative Assembly has, by
resolution, approved the vesting.
(4) A declaration under subsection (1) is a notifiable instrument.
Part 3 Vesting of assets and liabilities
Division 3.2 At end of joint venture
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Division 3.2 At end of joint venture
12 Application of div 3.2
This division applies if ACTEW and AGL certify to the Minister in
writing that they have resolved to dissolve a partnership on a day
mentioned in the certificate.
13 Vesting of assets and liabilities
(1) If this division applies, the Minister may, subject to subsection (2)
declare that assets, rights or liabilities that—
(a) are vested in a joint venture entity or an agent company; and
(b) are stated or described in the declaration;
vest—
(c) for assets, rights or liabilities that relate to the reticulation and
distribution of electricity—in ACTEW or a subsidiary of
ACTEW stated in the declaration; or
(d) in any other case—in a person stated in the declaration.
(2) The Minister may not make a declaration under subsection (1) unless
ACTEW and AGL have agreed to the terms of the declaration.
(3) A declaration under subsection (1) is a notifiable instrument.
Vesting of assets and liabilities Part 3
Provisions applicable to all vestings under pt 3 Division 3.3
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Division 3.3 Provisions applicable to all vestings
under pt 3
14 Description of assets etc
(1) For sections 11 and 13, assets, rights or liabilities are sufficiently
stated or described in a declaration—
(a) if they are within a class that is stated or described in the notice;
or
(b) if the notice refers to them by way of exclusion from a class that
is stated or described in the notice.
(2) This section is additional to, and does not limit, the Legislation
Act 2001, section 48.
15 Effect of declarations under pt 3
(1) An asset, right or liability stated or described in a declaration under
section 11 or 13 vests, by force of this section, in the transferee on the
vesting day without any conveyance, transfer or assignment.
(2) On the vesting day the transferee becomes, in relation to an asset,
right or liability that vests in the transferee under this section, the
successor in law of the transferor.
(3) If an asset, right or liability that vests in a transferee under this section
is mentioned in an instrument, contract, or other document in effect
on the vesting day, any reference in the instrument, contract, or
document to the transferor is to be read as a reference to the
transferee.
Part 3 Vesting of assets and liabilities
Division 3.3 Provisions applicable to all vestings under pt 3
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16 Evidence of vesting
(1) The Minister, or a person appointed by the Minister, may certify in
writing that an asset, right or liability mentioned in the certificate has
vested under section 11 or section 13 in a person mentioned in the
certificate.
Note For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see
Legislation Act, pt 19.3.
(2) A declaration under section 11 or 13 or a certificate under subsection
(1) is evidence of the matters it states.
(3) A document that purports—
(a) to be such a declaration and to have been signed by the Minister;
or
(b) to be such a certificate and to have been signed by a person
mentioned in subsection (1);
is to be taken, unless the contrary is proved, to be such a declaration
or such a certificate.
17 Completion of necessary transactions
If, because of the operation of a law of the Territory or any other
place, a declaration under section 11 or 13 is not fully effective in
vesting, or providing evidence of the vesting, of an asset, right or
liability, the Minister, the transferor and the transferee may take all
practicable steps as soon as practical after the vesting day to secure
the full effectiveness at law of the declaration.
18 Registration of changes of ownership of assets
(1) If a registrable asset vests in a transferee under section 11 or 13, the
transferee may give to the relevant registering authority a certificate
under section 16 for that asset.
Vesting of assets and liabilities Part 3
Provisions applicable to all vestings under pt 3 Division 3.3
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(2) On receipt of a certificate under section 16 that relates to a registrable
asset, a registering authority must make any entry in the relevant
registers kept by it, and do anything necessary to reflect the operation
of section 11 or 13.
(3) The operation of this section is additional to, and does not limit, any
procedures for ensuring the full legal effectiveness of a vesting under
this part that may be available to a transferee or a registering authority
under any other law.
(4) In this section:
registering authority means a person who, under a Territory law, is
required to enter in a register particulars relating to the ownership of,
or entitlement to, a registrable asset.
registrable asset means an asset, including an interest in land,
particulars of the ownership of which, or entitlement to which, are
required under a Territory law to be entered in a register.
19 Pt 3 does not place person in breach of contract etc
The operation of this part is not to be regarded as—
(a) placing a person in contravention of a Territory law; or
(b) placing a person in breach of any agreement, understanding or
undertaking, or any judgment, order or process of a court; or
(c) otherwise making a person guilty of a civil wrong; or
(d) placing a person in breach of any agreement, understanding or
undertaking that prohibits, restricts or regulates—
(i) the assignment, vesting or transfer of an asset or a liability;
or
(ii) the disclosure of any information; or
(iii) releasing a surety from any obligations in relation to a
liability that is vested under this part.
Part 3 Vesting of assets and liabilities
Division 3.3 Provisions applicable to all vestings under pt 3
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20 Application of Lands Acquisition Act
The Lands Acquisition Act 1994 does not apply in relation to anything
done under this Act.
21 Proceedings and evidence
(1) In this section:
proceeding means a civil or administrative proceeding relating to an
asset, right or liability vested in a transferee under this part and
includes a right of appeal or review (including a right of review under
the Ombudsman Act 1989).
(2) For a proceeding started before the vesting day to which a transferor
is a party, the relevant transferee is substituted as a party to the
proceeding.
(3) A proceeding that—
(a) was not started before the vesting day; and
(b) apart from this section could, after that day, be brought by or
against a transferor;
may be brought by or against the relevant transferee.
(4) The Limitation Act 1985, part 3 applies to the institution of
proceedings by or against a transferee as if the cause of action had
accrued by or against the transferee.
(5) The court, tribunal, commission or other body in which, or before
which, proceedings may be or have been instituted or continued under
this section may give directions in relation to the institution or
continuance of those proceedings.
(6) Any evidence that, apart from this section, would have been
admissible for or against a transferor is admissible for or against the
relevant transferee.
Vesting of assets and liabilities Part 3
Provisions applicable to all vestings under pt 3 Division 3.3
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(7) A transferor and a transferee must endeavour to assist each other in
the provision of evidence relevant to a proceeding for a cause of
action arising before the vesting day.
Part 4 Secondment of ACTEW employees
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Part 4 Secondment of ACTEW
employees
22 Meaning of joint venture entity for pt 4
In this part:
joint venture entity includes an agent company and a partnership.
23 Secondment
(1) ACTEW may, on any terms agreed between it and another joint
venture entity, second to the entity, for the purposes of the joint
venture, the services of any of its employees.
(2) ACTEW may, subject to any agreement with the relevant joint
venture entity, terminate at any time the secondment of an employee
or a class of employees.
(3) A provision in an agreement is void so far as—
(a) it is inconsistent with subsection (2) or a right or remedy arising
from the subsection; or
(b) it would make it unduly impractical or disadvantageous for
ACTEW to exercise its power under subsection (2).
(4) Subsection (2) applies even if the proper law of the agreement is that
of another jurisdiction.
(5) Nothing in subsection (2) affects the operation of an agreement so far
as it can operate consistently with that subsection.
24 Employer–employee relationship
(1) ACTEW may direct an employee to perform duties on secondment,
for the joint venture, to a joint venture entity.
Secondment of ACTEW employees Part 4
Section 25
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(2) The right to give a direction under subsection (1) is taken to be, for
any law or agreement that governs the employment of people
employed by ACTEW, a condition of the employment.
(3) A secondment under this part—
(a) does not affect the employment relationship between ACTEW
and a seconded employee; and
(b) does not create an employment relationship between a joint
venture entity and an employee seconded to it.
25 Day-to-day supervision of seconded staff
(1) ACTEW may delegate to a joint venture entity to which the services
of an employee have been seconded all its functions as employer of
the employee other than the function of—
(a) taking disciplinary action; or
(b) terminating the employment.
Note Function includes authority, duty and power (see Legislation Act, dict,
pt 1).
(2) ACTEW may appoint a joint venture entity to which the services of
an employee have been seconded as its agent—
(a) in relation to the exercise by ACTEW of any of its functions as
employer, other than a function mentioned in subsection (1), but
including, for example, the payment of wages in acquittal of the
indebtedness of ACTEW for them, providing counselling and
conducting performance appraisals; or
(b) to act on behalf of ACTEW in the negotiation of, and agreement
to, new terms or conditions of employment.
Part 4 Secondment of ACTEW employees
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26 Employment conditions only affected as expressly
provided
This part, other than as provided by sections 24 and 25, does not
affect—
(a) any term or condition of the employment of any employee of
ACTEW whose services have been seconded; or
(b) any rights and entitlements that have accrued before the
secondment; or
(c) the accrual of any rights or entitlements that are due to accrue
after the secondment.
Public accountability Part 5
Section 27
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Part 5 Public accountability
27 ACTEW to maintain at least 50% interest in partnerships
(1) ACTEW must not, without the prior approval of the Legislative
Assembly, dispose of so much of its beneficial interest in a
partnership as would result in the beneficial interest of ACTEW being
reduced to less than 50% of the total equity of the partnership.
(2) The approval of the Legislative Assembly is to be expressed by
resolution.
(3) The grant of a mortgage or the giving of security is not a disposal for
subsection (1) if done with the consent required under the Territory-
owned Corporations Act 1990, section 16 (1) and in accordance with
any conditions to which the consent may be subject.
28 ACTEW control over its joint venture entities
(1) A company is not eligible to become a joint venture entity to represent
the interests of ACTEW in a partnership unless the full beneficial
interest in all its shares vests in ACTEW.
(2) ACTEW may reduce its beneficial interest in a company that is a joint
venture entity mentioned in subsection (1) only in accordance with a
resolution of the Legislative Assembly.
(3) The grant of a mortgage or the giving of security over shares in a joint
venture entity is not a reduction of beneficial interest for
subsection (2) if done with the consent required under the
Territory-owned Corporations Act 1990, section 16 (1) and in
accordance with any conditions to which the consent may be subject.
29 ACTEW interest in agent companies
(1) A company is not eligible to become an agent company unless at least
50% of the beneficial interest in its shares vests in ACTEW.
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(2) ACTEW may reduce its beneficial interest in the shares of an agent
company to less than 50% only in accordance with a resolution of the
Legislative Assembly.
(3) The grant of a mortgage or the giving of security over shares in an
agent company is not a reduction of beneficial interest for
subsection (2) if done with the consent required under the
Territory-owned Corporations Act 1990, section 16 (1) and in
accordance with any conditions to which the consent may be subject.
30 Agent companies not to dispose of undertakings without
consent
(1) An agent company may not dispose of any of its main undertakings
unless the Legislative Assembly has, by resolution, approved the
disposal.
(2) The Territory-owned Corporations Act 1990, section 16 (1) (f)
and 16 (2) apply to an agent company as if it were a subsidiary of
ACTEW.
Note The provisions of the Territory-owned Corporations Act 1990 mentioned
in subsection (2) apply to ACTEW and its subsidiaries.
31 Public interest safeguards in partnership agreements
(1) An agreement that is or purports to be a partnership agreement is not
binding on ACTEW or any person representing ACTEW unless it
contains provisions that require—
(a) the prior approval of ACTEW to the disposal by AGL directly
or indirectly of all or any part of its beneficial interest in the
assets of the partnership; and
(b) that ACTEW or the joint venture entity that represents ACTEW
in the partnership be entitled to appoint 50% of any directors of
the partnership who may be appointed under a partnership
agreement.
Public accountability Part 5
Section 31
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(2) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to a disposal to a corporation that
is, for AGL, a related body corporate within the meaning of the
Corporations Act.
Part 6 Miscellaneous
Division 6.1 Audit of accounts of partnerships
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Part 6 Miscellaneous
Division 6.1 Audit of accounts of partnerships
32 Audits
(1) The members of a partnership must ensure that—
(a) the accounts and records of the partnership for each financial
year are audited jointly by the auditor-general and an auditor
appointed by AGL; and
(b) copies of the audited accounts and records and of the report of
the auditors are given to ACTEW and AGL within 3 months
after the end of the financial year.
(2) If the members of a partnership contravene subsection (1), each
member of the partnership commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units.
33 Auditor to be qualified
The auditor appointed by AGL for section 32 must be a person who
is qualified to audit accounts under the Corporations Act.
Division 6.2 General
34 Agents
(1) Subject to subsection (4), a joint venture entity may appoint a
company that is under the control of 2 or more joint venture entities
to fulfil any obligation, or exercise any other function, under a
Territory law.
(2) The entity that makes an appointment under subsection (1) is not
required to be 1 of the entities that control the agent company.
Miscellaneous Part 6
General Division 6.2
Section 35
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(3) Anything done by an agent on behalf of a joint venture entity is, for
any Territory law, as valid and effective as if it had been done by the
entity itself.
(4) This section does not apply to enable a delegation to an agent
company in relation to any matter that may be delegated under
section 25, but does not affect the operation of that section in relation
to the secondment of any ACTEW employee whose services may
have been seconded to the agent company.
(5) This section does not affect the power to appoint agents that a joint
venture entity has apart from this section.
35 Compensation
(1) If—
(a) apart from this section, the operation of any provision of this Act
would result in the acquisition of property from a person
otherwise than on just terms; and
(b) the acquisition would be unlawful because of the Self-
Government Act, section 23 (1);
the Territory is liable to pay reasonable compensation to the person
in relation to the acquisition.
(2) If the Territory and the person do not agree on the amount of
compensation, the person may, in a court of competent jurisdiction,
recover from the Territory reasonable compensation as the court
determines.
36 Regulation of prices, access and other matters
(1) In this section:
commencement means 6 April 2000.
ICRC Act means the Independent Competition and Regulatory
Commission Act 1997.
Part 6 Miscellaneous
Division 6.2 General
Section 36
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(2) A price direction under the ICRC Act, section 20 in effect on the
commencement applies to the joint venture entities as if a reference
to ACTEW or AGL in the price direction were a reference to
ACTEW, AGL and the joint venture entity that provides the service
to which the price direction relates.
(3) An access agreement registered under the ICRC Act, part 5 in effect
on the commencement applies to the joint venture entities as if a
reference to ACTEW or AGL in the agreement were a reference to
ACTEW, AGL and the joint venture entity that owns, controls or
operates the infrastructure facility to which the access agreement
relates.
(4) A determination under the ICRC Act, section 35 in effect on the
commencement applies to the joint venture entities as if a reference
to ACTEW or AGL in the determination were a reference to ACTEW,
AGL and the joint venture entity that provides the service the access
for which is the subject of the determination.
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Dictionary
(see s 3)
Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to
this Act.
Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
• asset
• corporation
• Corporations Act
• entity
• exercise
• function
• law, of the Territory
• notifiable instrument (see s 10)
• property
• State
• the Territory.
ACTEW means ACTEW Corporation Limited.
Note The name of ACTEW Corporation Limited was changed to Icon Water
Limited on 28 October 2014.
agent company means a company that is appointed to act as agent
under section 34.
AGL means The Australian Gas Light Company.
asset includes—
(a) property of any kind; and
(b) a right, privilege or immunity, including a contingent or
prospective one; and
(c) a right, privilege or immunity, whether absolute or conditional,
under a Territory law, whether or not given under a licence,
registration, approval or other authorisation; and
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(d) an asset arising under a law of a place other than the Territory
or a contract governed by such a law.
joint venture means the arrangement described in section 5.
joint venture entity—
(a) for this Act generally—means any of the following:
(i) ACTEW;
(ii) AGL;
(iii) a company that is—
(A) a participant in a partnership; and
(B) under the Corporations Act, a related body corporate
to ACTEW or AGL; and
(b) for part 4 (Secondment of ACTEW employees)—see section 22.
liability includes—
(a) a duty or obligation; and
(b) a contingent or prospective liability; and
(c) a liability arising under contracts wherever formed.
maintenance, for a network facility, for part 2 (Rights concerning
certain network facilities)—see section 8.
network facility, for part 2 (Rights concerning certain network
facilities)—see section 8.
non-ACTEW land, for part 2 (Rights concerning certain network
facilities)—see section 8.
non-AGL land, for part 2 (Rights concerning certain network
facilities)—see section 8.
partnership means 1 of the partnerships mentioned in section 5.
subsidiary—see the Corporations Act, section 9.
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transferee means a person in whom an asset, right or liability vests
under a declaration under section 11 or 13.
transferor, in relation to an asset, right or liability that vests in a
transferee under section 11 or 13, means the person in whom the asset,
right or liability had vested immediately before the vesting day.
utility service, for part 2 (Rights concerning certain network
facilities)—see section 8.
vesting day, for an asset, right or liability that is vested under part 3,
means the day on which the asset, right or liability vests in the
transferee under section 11 or 13.
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law
but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details
of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are
underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired
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3 Legislation history
ACTEW/AGL Partnership Facilitation Act 2000 A2000-13
notified 6 April 2000 (Gaz 2000 No 14)
s 1, s 2 commenced 6 April 2000 (IA s 10B)
remainder commenced 6 April 2000 (s 2 (1) and Gaz 2000 No 14)
as amended by
Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 A2001-44 pt 1
notified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)
s 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)
pt 1 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2002 A2002-30 pt 3.1
notified LR 16 September 2002
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 19 May 1997 (LA s 75 (2))
pt 3.1 commenced 17 September 2002 (s 2 (1))
Statute Law Amendment Act 2003 (No 2) A2003-56 sch 3 pt 3.1
notified LR 5 December 2003
s 1, s 2 commenced 5 December 2003 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.1 commenced 19 December 2003 (s 2)
Criminal Code Harmonisation Act 2005 A2005-54 sch 1 pt 1.1
notified LR 27 October 2005
s 1, s 2 commenced 27 October 2005 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 1 pt 1.1 commenced 24 November 2005 (s 2)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2007 A2007-3 sch 3 pt 3.1
notified LR 22 March 2007
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2006 (LA s 75 (2))
sch 3 pt 3.1 commenced 12 April 2007 (s 2 (1))
Statute Law Amendment Act 2007 (No 2) A2007-16 sch 3 pt 3.1
notified LR 20 June 2007
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 12 April 2007 (LA s 75 (2))
sch 3 pt 3.1 commenced 11 July 2007 (s 2 (1))
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Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.1
notified LR 27 May 2015
s 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.1 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)
Statute Law Amendment Act 2018 A2018-42 sch 3 pt 3.1
notified LR 8 November 2018
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2018 (LA s 75 (2))
sch 3 pt 3.1 commenced 22 November 2018 (s 2 (1))
Statute Law Amendment Act 2025 A2025-29 sch 3 pt 3.1, sch 4 pt 4.3
notified LR 6 November 2025
s 1, s 2 commenced 6 November 2025 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.1, sch 4 pt 4.3 commenced 16 November 2025 (s 2 (1), (9))
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4 Amendment history
Commencement
s 2 om A2001-44 amdt 1.1
Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc
s 4A ins A2005-54 amdt 1.1
Relationship with the Territory-owned Corporations Act
s 7 am A2003-56 amdt 3.1
Facilities on non-ACTEW or non-AGL land
s 10 am A2001-44 amdts 1.2-1.7; ss renum R2 LA (see A2001-44
amdt 1.8); A2025-29 amdt 4.3
Vesting of assets and liabilities
s 11 am A2001-44 amdts 1.9-1.11; A2025-29 amdt 4.3
Vesting of assets and liabilities
s 13 am A2001-44 amdts 1.12-1.14; A2003-56 amdt 3.2; A2025-29
amdt 4.3
Description of assets etc
s 14 am A2001-44 amdt 1.15, amdt 1.16; A2003-56 amdt 3.3
Effect of declarations under pt 3
s 15 hdg sub A2001-44 amdt 1.17
s 15 am A2001-44 amdt 1.18
Evidence of vesting
s 16 am A2001-44 amdt 1.18; A2003-56 amdt 3.4
Completion of necessary transactions
s 17 am A2001-44 amdt 1.18, amdt 1.19
Registration of changes of ownership of assets
s 18 am A2003-56 amdt 3.5
Day-to-day supervision of seconded staff
s 25 am A2002-30 amdt 3.1; A2025-29 amdt 4.3
Agent companies not to dispose of undertakings without consent
s 30 am A2025-29 amdt 3.1
Audits
s 32 am A2002-30 amdt 3.2; A2005-54 amdt 1.2
Agents
s 34 am A2002-30 amdt 3.3
Regulation of prices, access and other matters
s 36 sub A2003-56 amdt 3.6
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dict am A2003-56 amdt 3.7; A2018-42 amdt 3.1
def ACTEW am A2015-15 amdt 3.1
def joint venture entity sub A2007-3 amdt 3.1; A2007-16
amdt 3.1
def maintenance ins A2007-3 amdt 3.2
def network facility ins A2007-3 amdt 3.2
def non-ACTEW land ins A2007-3 amdt 3.2
def non-AGL land ins A2007-3 amdt 3.2
def subsidiary am A2018-42 amdt 3.2
def transferee am A2001-44 amdt 1.20
def utility service ins A2007-3 amdt 3.2