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Electricity Act 1994
sec.120ZDGuidelines for exercise of QCA powers for civil penalties
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### sec.120ZD Guidelines for exercise of QCA powers for civil penalties
QCA must publish on its website guidelines about when it will do each of the following—
under section 120X , apply for a civil penalty order;
under section 120ZB , refer matters to the regulator.
Before publishing the guidelines, QCA must take steps it considers appropriate to consult with electricity entities or retailers.
The guidelines are not legally binding on QCA and are non-justiciable.
The guidelines must include information to the effect of subsection (3) .
s 120ZD ins 2001 No. 82 s 12
sub 2006 No. 60 s 30
amd 2014 No. 48 s 183 sch 1
(sec.120ZD-ssec.1) QCA must publish on its website guidelines about when it will do each of the following— under section 120X , apply for a civil penalty order; under section 120ZB , refer matters to the regulator.
(sec.120ZD-ssec.2) Before publishing the guidelines, QCA must take steps it considers appropriate to consult with electricity entities or retailers.
(sec.120ZD-ssec.3) The guidelines are not legally binding on QCA and are non-justiciable.
(sec.120ZD-ssec.4) The guidelines must include information to the effect of subsection (3) .
- (a) under section 120X , apply for a civil penalty order;
- (b) under section 120ZB , refer matters to the regulator.