sec.14Limit of liability of Commissioner and State

sec.14 Limit of liability of Commissioner and State

On and from 1 July 2012, neither the commissioner nor the State is liable to pay an electricity retailer an amount claimed to be overpaid under the repealed Act if the retailer has not given the commissioner a notice in the approved form about the amount before 1 July 2012. Subsection (1) does not apply to an amount relating to an appropriate refund paid or payable by an electricity retailer to the extent the electricity retailer is not able to pay the amount out of levy amounts it has collected. See section 103(3) of the repealed Act regarding an electricity retailer’s authorisation to pay a refund out of levy amounts collected. To remove any doubt, it is declared that neither subsection (1) nor subsection (2) confers a right, or imposes an obligation, for the payment of an amount. Subsection (1) applies despite anything to the contrary in the repealed Act or another Act. In this section— appropriate refund means a refund to which the electricity customer is, or was, entitled, under part 7, division 8 of the repealed Act as changed under this subdivision. See, in particular, section 8 (3) and section 108 of the repealed Act, as applied subject to section 9 . (sec.14-ssec.1) On and from 1 July 2012, neither the commissioner nor the State is liable to pay an electricity retailer an amount claimed to be overpaid under the repealed Act if the retailer has not given the commissioner a notice in the approved form about the amount before 1 July 2012. (sec.14-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an amount relating to an appropriate refund paid or payable by an electricity retailer to the extent the electricity retailer is not able to pay the amount out of levy amounts it has collected. See section 103(3) of the repealed Act regarding an electricity retailer’s authorisation to pay a refund out of levy amounts collected. (sec.14-ssec.3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that neither subsection (1) nor subsection (2) confers a right, or imposes an obligation, for the payment of an amount. (sec.14-ssec.4) Subsection (1) applies despite anything to the contrary in the repealed Act or another Act. (sec.14-ssec.5) In this section— appropriate refund means a refund to which the electricity customer is, or was, entitled, under part 7, division 8 of the repealed Act as changed under this subdivision. See, in particular, section 8 (3) and section 108 of the repealed Act, as applied subject to section 9 .