Australian Energy Market Act 2004
11ZInterpretation of the National Energy Retail Law and Regulations (Commonwealth) etc.
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11Z Interpretation of the National Energy Retail Law and Regulations (Commonwealth) etc.
(1) In the National Energy Retail Law and Regulations (Commonwealth):
National Energy Retail Law or this Law means the National Energy Retail Law (Commonwealth).
the jurisdiction or this jurisdiction means the Commonwealth.
(2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1915 of South Australia, and other Acts of South Australia, do not apply to: (a) the National Energy Retail Law set out in the Schedule to the National Energy Retail Law (South Australia) Act 2011 of South Australia applied as a law of the Commonwealth; or (b) any regulations made under Part 11 of the National Energy Retail Law applied as regulations for the purposes of the National Energy Retail Law (Commonwealth). (3) The reference in paragraph (2)(a) to the National Energy Retail Law set out in the Schedule to the National Energy Retail Law (South Australia) Act 2011 of South Australia includes a reference to any Rules or other instruments made or having effect under that Law. (4) Nothing in section 17 of the National Energy Retail Law (Commonwealth) has effect in relation to the sale and supply of energy outside the territorial limits of all the participating jurisdictions for the purposes of that Law.