17Requirement for licence

17 Requirement for licence

(1)  A person must not carry on operations in the electricity supply industry for which a licence is required unless the person holds a licence under this Act authorising the relevant operations.

Penalty:  For a body corporate a fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units and for a natural person a fine not exceeding 500 penalty units.

(2)  The operations in the electricity supply industry for which a licence is required are –

(a) generation of electricity; or

(b) transmission of electricity; or

(c) distribution of electricity; or

(d) [Section 17 Subsection (2) amended by No. 9 of 2012, s. 11, Applied:01 Jul 2012] the retailing of electricity in the Bass Strait Islands; or

(e) other operations for which a licence is required by the regulations.

(3)  The regulations may provide that licences are not required in such circumstances as are specified in the regulations.