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Australian Capital Territory
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale
Renewable Energy Generation)
Regulation 2017
SL2017-15
made under the
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)
Act 2011
Republication No 2
Effective: 14 September 2017
Republication date: 8 November 2017
Last amendment made by A2017-35
(republication for retrospective amendments
by A2017-35)
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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)
Regulation 2017, made under the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy
Generation) Act 2011 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part
11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 8 November 2017. It also includes any commencement,
amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 14 September 2017.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
Kinds of republications
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authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
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amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.
Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made
by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).
The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law
into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately
before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law
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Modifications
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appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears
in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for
an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale
Renewable Energy Generation)
Regulation 2017
made under the
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)
Act 2011
Contents
Page
1 Name of regulation 2
2 Prescribed areas—Act, dict, def Australian capital region, par (b) 2
3 When surrender notice takes effect—matters to consider—Act,
s 14 (4) 3
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 4
Contents
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2 Abbreviation key 4
3 Legislation history 5
4 Amendment history 6
5 Earlier republications 6
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Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale
Renewable Energy Generation)
Regulation 2017
made under the
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)
Act 2011
Section 1
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable
Energy Generation) Regulation 2017.
2 Prescribed areas—Act, dict, def Australian capital region,
par (b)
(1) Areas for which the following councils have been constituted are
prescribed:
(a) Bega Valley Shire Council;
(b) Eurobodalla Shire Council;
(d) Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council;
(c) Goulburn Mulwaree Council;
(e) Hilltops Council;
(f) Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council;
(g) Snowy Monaro Regional Council;
(h) Snowy Valleys Council;
(i) Upper Lachlan Council;
(j) Yass Valley Council.
(2) In this section:
area—see the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), dictionary.
council—see the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), dictionary.
Section 3
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3 When surrender notice takes effect—matters to
consider—Act, s 14 (4)
The following matters are prescribed:
(a) the objectives of the Act;
(b) any deed of FiT entitlement that has been executed;
(c) how long the Territory is likely to take to obtain another source
of electricity that is—
(i) generated from a renewable energy source; and
(ii) equivalent in quantity to the source to which the FiT
entitlement relates.
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished
law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The
details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced
expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Endnotes
Legislation history 3
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3 Legislation history
This regulation was made as part of the Planning, Building and Environment
Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (No 2) (see A2017-20, s 8) and is taken to have
been made under the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy
Generation) Act 2011 A2011-56 (see s 26 (1) as ins by A2017-20, s 7).
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)
Regulation 2017 SL2017-15
taken to have been notified LR 15 June 2017 (A2011-56 s 26 (3) (a) as
ins by A2017-20 s 7)
s 1 commenced 15 June 2017 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder taken to have commenced 16 June 2017 (A2011-56
s 26 (3) (b) as ins by A2017-20 s 7)
as amended by
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)
Amendment Act 2017 A2017-35 pt 3
notified LR 8 November 2017
s 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 14 September 2017 (LA s 75 (2))
pt 3 taken to have commenced 14 September 2017 (s 2 (1))