CTHRepealedAct
Clean Energy Act 2011
45OTN Register
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 45
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Clean Energy Act 2011.
#### 45 OTN Register
(1) The Regulator must keep a register, to be known as the OTN Register.
(2) The OTN Register is to be maintained by electronic means.
(3) The OTN Register is to be made available for inspection on the Regulator’s website.
Entry for an OTN
(4) If an OTN is issued to a person, the Regulator must make an entry for the OTN in the OTN Register.
(5) An entry for a person’s OTN must set out:
(a) the name of the person; and
(b) the person’s address last known to the Regulator; and
(c) if the person has an ABN—the person’s ABN.
(6) If:
(a) there is an entry for a person’s OTN in the OTN Register; and
(b) the person changes the person’s name or address;
the Regulator may make the appropriate alteration to the entry.
(7) If an OTN is surrendered or cancelled, the Regulator must remove the entry for the OTN from the OTN Register when the surrender or cancellation takes effect.
Entry for a gaseous fuel supplier
(8) The OTN Register is to include a list of gaseous fuel suppliers.
(9) The Regulator must, if requested to do so by a gaseous fuel supplier, make an entry for the gaseous fuel supplier in the list.
(10) An entry for a gaseous fuel supplier in the list must set out:
(a) the name of the gaseous fuel supplier; and
(b) the gaseous fuel supplier’s address last known to the Regulator; and
(c) the gaseous fuel supplier’s telephone number; and
(d) if the gaseous fuel supplier has a website—the URL of the website; and
(e) if the gaseous fuel supplier has an ABN—the ABN; and
(f) if the gaseous fuel supplier’s willingness to accept quotations of OTNs, in cases where the acceptance is not mandatory, is subject to any conditions—those conditions.
(11) If:
(a) there is an entry for a gaseous fuel supplier on the list; and
(b) the gaseous fuel supplier changes the gaseous fuel supplier’s name or address;
the Regulator may make the appropriate alteration to the entry.
(12) If there is an entry for a gaseous fuel supplier on the list, the Regulator must, at the request of the gaseous fuel supplier, remove the entry from the list.
(13) If:
(a) the Regulator takes any of the following actions:
(i) making an entry in the OTN Register under subsection (4);
(ii) making an alteration to an entry in the OTN Register under subsection (6);
(ii) removing an entry from the OTN Register under subsection (7); and
(b) there is an entry for a gaseous fuel supplier in the list;
the Regulator must, as soon as practicable after taking the action, notify the gaseous fuel supplier, in writing, of:
(c) the taking of the action; and
(d) if the action consists of removing an entry from the OTN register under subsection (7) because of the cancellation or surrender of an OTN—the time when the cancellation or surrender took effect.