14Exemption from section 13

14 Exemption from section 13

14 Exemption from section 13

(1) The object of this clause is to exempt certain persons from a provision of the Act that prohibits the operation of distribution systems for retail trading in electricity otherwise than by licensed distributors.

(2) Any person who owns or controls a distribution system (other than a distributor listed in Schedule 3 to the Act or an authorised transmission operator under the Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015) is exempt from the operation of section 13 of the Act.

Note.

Clause 16 exempts the Lord Howe Island Board from the operation of section 13 of the Act.

Note.

Under section 83(1A) of the Act, a reference to a distributor listed in Schedule 3 to the Act includes a reference to the entity that operates the distribution system after completion of an authorised transaction under the Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015.

cl 14: Am 2015 No 5, Sch 8.8 [1] [2]; 2015 No 15, Sch 2.18.