39HEC not to sell electricity to certain customers on, or be authorised retailer for, mainland Tasmania

39 HEC not to sell electricity to certain customers on, or be authorised retailer for, mainland Tasmania

[Section 39 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 1998, s. 14, Applied:19 Jun 1998] [Section 39 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 1998, s. 14, Applied:19 Jun 1998] [Section 39 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 1998, s. 14, Applied:19 Jun 1998] [Section 39 Substituted by No. 9 of 2012, s. 17, Applied:01 Jul 2012]

(1)  In this section –

related body corporate, in relation to the Hydro-Electric Corporation, means a person that, if the Hydro-Electric Corporation were a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act, would be a related body corporate of that corporation;

subsidiary, in relation to the Hydro-Electric Corporation, means a person that, if the Hydro-Electric Corporation were a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act, would be a subsidiary of that corporation.

(2)  The Hydro-Electric Corporation, a subsidiary of the Hydro-Electric Corporation and a related body corporate of the Hydro-Electric Corporation must not sell, or offer to sell, electricity to a customer at premises situated on mainland Tasmania, other than electricity that is generated by an electricity generating plant that is prescribed for the purposes of this section to be an historic electricity generating plant.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units.

(3)  A retailer authorisation is of no effect to the extent that it authorises, or purports to authorise, the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a subsidiary of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, or a related body corporate of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, to sell electricity to a customer at premises situated on mainland Tasmania, other than electricity generated by an electricity generating plant that is prescribed for the purposes of this section to be an historic electricity generating plant.