76Validity of things done under this Act

76 Validity of things done under this Act

S. 76(1) amended by Nos 14/1997 s. 10(1)(k)(i), 36/1999 s. 11(g), 11/2024 s. 51(1)(a)–(c).

(1) Nothing effected by this Act or done or suffered by the former SEC, the State, a Minister, a former SEC company or person or persons nominated by the Minister under section 62A or 62AA as those sections were in force immediately before the commencement of section 42 of the State Electricity Commission Amendment Act 2024 under this Act—

S. 76(1)(a) amended by Nos 14/1997 s. 10(1)(k)(ii), 36/1999 s. 11(g), 11/2024 s. 51(1)(d).

(a) is to be regarded as placing the former SEC, the State, a Minister, the company or person or persons nominated by the Minister under section 62A or 62AA as those sections were in force immediately before the commencement of section 42 of the State Electricity Commission Amendment Act 2024 in breach of contract or confidence or as otherwise making any of them guilty of a civil wrong; or

(b) is to be regarded as placing any of them in breach of or as constituting a default under any Act or other law or any provision in any agreement, arrangement or understanding including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the assignment or transfer of any property or the disclosure of any information; or

(c) is to be regarded as fulfilling any condition which allows a person to exercise a right or remedy in respect of or to terminate any agreement or obligation; or

S. 76(2) amended by No. 11/2024 s. 51(2).

(2) The validity of any act or transaction of the former SEC or the Administrator must not be called in question in any proceedings on the ground that any provision of this Act or the Former SEC (Residual Provisions) Act 1958 had not been complied with.

S. 76(3) inserted by No. 11/2024 s. 51(3).

(3) This section applies to an act or transaction referred to in subsection (1) or (2) regardless of whether the act or transaction occurred before, on or after the commencement of section 42 of the State Electricity Commission Amendment Act 2024.

Pt 5 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 77, 78) amended by Nos 53/1994 s. 16, 110/1994 ss 15, 33(2), 56/1995 s. 16, 35/1997 s. 7, repealed by No. 11/2024 s. 52.

Pt 5 Div. 4 (Heading and s. 79) amended by No. 53/1994
s. 17, repealed by No. 10/1998 s. 8(b).

Pt 6 (Heading and ss 80–84) amended by Nos 53/1994 s. 23(1)(b), 4/1996 s. 134(2), repealed by No. 11/2024 s. 53.

Pt 6A (Heading and s. 84AA) inserted by No. 110/1994 s. 16, repealed by No. 56/1995 s. 17.