Electricity—National Scheme (Queensland) Act 1997
sec.14Authorisation of preparatory steps by AER
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sec.14 Authorisation of preparatory steps by AER
This section applies if— the AER is required to do something (a preparatory step ) before making a decision or making an instrument under 1 of the following (the authorising law )— the National Electricity (Queensland) Law ; the National Electricity (Queensland) Regulations; this Act; a regulation under this Act; and the preparatory step would have been required under the authorising law if the amendments of the National Electricity Law by the Statutes Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Act 2011 (SA) had started to apply under this Act as a law of Queensland; and the AER takes the preparatory step— at or after the time the amendments were enacted; but before the time the amendments started to apply under this Act as a law of Queensland. For the purposes of the authorising law, the AER is taken to have complied with the requirement to take the preparatory step. In this section— National Electricity Law means the National Electricity Law set out in the Schedule to the National Electricity (South Australia) Act 1996 (SA) . s 14 ins 2014 No. 49 s 36 (sec.14-ssec.1) This section applies if— the AER is required to do something (a preparatory step ) before making a decision or making an instrument under 1 of the following (the authorising law )— the National Electricity (Queensland) Law ; the National Electricity (Queensland) Regulations; this Act; a regulation under this Act; and the preparatory step would have been required under the authorising law if the amendments of the National Electricity Law by the Statutes Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Act 2011 (SA) had started to apply under this Act as a law of Queensland; and the AER takes the preparatory step— at or after the time the amendments were enacted; but before the time the amendments started to apply under this Act as a law of Queensland. (sec.14-ssec.2) For the purposes of the authorising law, the AER is taken to have complied with the requirement to take the preparatory step. (sec.14-ssec.3) In this section— National Electricity Law means the National Electricity Law set out in the Schedule to the National Electricity (South Australia) Act 1996 (SA) .
- (a) the AER is required to do something (a preparatory step ) before making a decision or making an instrument under 1 of the following (the authorising law )— (i) the National Electricity (Queensland) Law ; (ii) the National Electricity (Queensland) Regulations; (iii) this Act; (iv) a regulation under this Act; and
- (i) the National Electricity (Queensland) Law ;
- (ii) the National Electricity (Queensland) Regulations;
- (iii) this Act;
- (iv) a regulation under this Act; and
- (b) the preparatory step would have been required under the authorising law if the amendments of the National Electricity Law by the Statutes Amendment (National Energy Retail Law) Act 2011 (SA) had started to apply under this Act as a law of Queensland; and