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Electricity Industry Act 2000
63Preparation and issue of trial project guidelines
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63 Preparation and issue of trial project guidelines
(1) The Commission must prepare and issue guidelines for the purposes of this Division within one month after the commencement of this section.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), guidelines developed and issued under that subsection must specify the following—
(a) how an application under section 54 must be made, including the steps proponents under that section must take to identify confidential information submitted as part of an application;
(b) the approach that the Commission proposes to take in performing its functions and exercising its powers under section 54, including the timeline within which the Commission will aim to make a determination under section 54;
(c) the process the Commission proposes to follow when determining whether to refuse to consider a trial waiver application under section 54;
(d) the consultation process that the Commission must undertake under section 56;
(e) the process the Commission proposes to follow for the purpose of determining whether to grant an extension to the period of a trial waiver under section 59;
(f) the process the Commission proposes to follow for the purpose of determining whether to revoke a trial waiver under section 62;
(g) the steps persons granted trial waivers must take to identify confidential information submitted to the Commission as part of a trial project;
(h) any matter that a trial waiver order requires to be specified in the guidelines.
(3) In addition, without limiting subsection (1), guidelines developed and issued under that subsection may specify any other matter that the Commission considers necessary—
(a) to be had regard to for the purposes of section 54(3)(b) or (5), 59(3)(b), 60(5)(b) or 62(2)(b); or
(b) to facilitate trial projects.
New s. 64 inserted by No. 33/2021 s. 6 (as amended by No. 41/2021 s. 89).