Electricity Reform Act 2012
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(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –
asset includes any, and any part of any, property, business or operation;
Aurora Energy means Aurora Energy Pty Ltd (ABN 85 082 464 622);
Aurora Energy (Tamar Valley) means Aurora Energy (Tamar Valley) Pty Ltd (ACN 123 391 613);
business, in relation to a State-owned electricity entity, means –
(a) the business conducted by the entity; and
(b) the goodwill of that business; and
(c) any asset of the entity; and
(d) the rights, liabilities, duties and obligations of the entity, whether those rights, liabilities, duties or obligations are present or future and whether vested or contingent –
and includes a part of the business of the entity;
customer means a person to whom electricity is sold for premises by an electricity retailer;
distribution of electricity means the carrying of electricity between different points using a distribution network;
distribution network means the apparatus, electric line, equipment, plant, and buildings, that are –
(a) used to convey, or control the conveyance of, electricity; and
(b) specified by the National Electricity Rules as, or as forming part of, a distribution system;
Electricity Reform Co-ordinator means the office of Electricity Reform Co-ordinator existing under section 12 ;
electricity reform measures means the measures referred to in section 6(1) ;