30AAConsumer trustee may authorise REZ network infrastructure projects or amend authorisations

30AA Consumer trustee may authorise REZ network infrastructure projects or amend authorisations

30AA Consumer trustee may authorise REZ network infrastructure projects or amend authorisations

(1) If the infrastructure planner recommends, under section 30(1)(b), a REZ network infrastructure project for authorisation, the consumer trustee must decide to—

(a) authorise the project in accordance with the recommendation, or

(b) refuse to authorise the project.

(2) If the infrastructure planner recommends, under section 30(2B)(a), an amendment to the terms of an authorisation, the consumer trustee must decide to—

(a) authorise the amendment in accordance with the recommendation, or

(b) refuse to authorise the amendment.

(3) The consumer trustee—

(a) must consider the development pathway contained in the most recently published infrastructure investment objectives report (the current development pathway) when deciding whether to authorise a REZ network infrastructure project under subsection (1), and

(b) may consider the current development pathway when deciding whether to authorise an amendment under subsection (2).

(4) The regulations may make further provision about the following—

(a) the exercise of the consumer trustee’s functions under this section,

(b) requiring the infrastructure planner to give information to the consumer trustee.

s 30AA: Ins 2025 No 80, Sch 1[26].