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#### 7A Prescribed energy laws (Act subparagraph 4(1)(c)(ii))
For subparagraph (c)(ii) of the definition of State/Territory energy law in subsection 4(1) of the Act, the laws set out in the following table are prescribed.
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Item</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Prescribed laws</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">New South Wales</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2.1A</span></p></td><td style="width:89.4%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-style:italic">Electricity Infrastructure Investment Act 2020</span><span> of New South Wales and regulations and orders made under that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2.1</span></p></td><td style="width:89.4%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>2, 3 and 4 of, and Schedule</span><span> </span><span>1 to, the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Energy Retail Law (Adoption) Act 2012</span><span> of New South Wales and regulations made under Parts</span><span> </span><span>2, 3 and 4 of that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Victoria</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>3.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid; page-break-after:avoid"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>3 and 4 of the </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Gas Industry Act 2001</span><span> of Victoria</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3.2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>2, 3, 4 and 5 of, and Schedules</span><span> </span><span>2 and 3 to, the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005</span><span> (Vic.) and regulations and orders made under that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3.3</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Part</span><span> </span><span>5 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Gas (Victoria) Act 2008 </span><span>of Victoria and regulations and orders made under that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Queensland</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4.1A</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>2, 3 and 4 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Electricity—National Scheme (Queensland) Act 1997</span><span> (Qld) and regulations made under Part</span><span> </span><span>4 of that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4.1B</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-style:italic">Energy (Renewable Transformation and Jobs) Act 2024</span><span> (Qld) and regulations and directions made under that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>2, 3, 4 and 5 of, and the Schedule to, the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Energy Retail Law (Queensland) Act 2014</span><span> (Qld), and regulations made under Parts</span><span> </span><span>3, 4 and 5 of that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4.2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>2, 3 and 4 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Gas (Queensland) Act 2008</span><span> (Qld) and regulations made under Parts</span><span> </span><span>2 and 4 of that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Western Australia</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Section</span><span> </span><span>15 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Gas Pipelines Access (Western Australia) Act 1998</span><span> of Western Australia</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">South Australia</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>6.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>5, 6 and 7 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Energy Retail Law (South Australia) Act 2011</span><span> of South Australia and regulations made under Parts</span><span> </span><span>5 and 7 of that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Tasmania</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Division</span><span> </span><span>7 of Part</span><span> </span><span>2 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">Tasmanian Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 </span><span>of Tasmania</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>7.2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>3, 4 and 5 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) Act 2012</span><span> of Tasmania and regulations made under Parts</span><span> </span><span>3, 4 and 5 of that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Australian Capital Territory</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>8.1</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>5 and 6 of the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Energy Retail Law (ACT) Act 2012</span><span> of the Australian Capital Territory and regulations made under Parts</span><span> </span><span>5 and 6 of that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="font-weight:bold">Northern Territory</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt"><td style="width:10.32%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>9.2</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Parts</span><span> </span><span>2, 3 and 4 of, and Schedule</span><span> </span><span>1 to, the </span><span style="font-style:italic">National Electricity (Northern Territory) (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2015</span><span> (NT) and regulations made under Part</span><span> </span><span>3 of that Act</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:44pt"></td><td style="width:1.2pt"></td><td style="width:381.25pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
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