42Tariffs, charges and conditions for Bass Strait Islands customers

42 Tariffs, charges and conditions for Bass Strait Islands customers

[Section 42 Subsection (1) amended by No. 21 of 1998, s. 16, Applied:19 Jun 1998] [Section 42 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 21 of 1998, s. 16, Applied:19 Jun 1998] [Section 42 Substituted by No. 9 of 2012, s. 17, Applied:01 Jul 2012]

(1)  A Bass Strait Islands tariff retailer must fix the tariffs, charges and conditions that are to constitute its prices, charges and conditions in respect of customers at premises on the Bass Strait Islands.

(2)  A Bass Strait Islands tariff retailer must not –

(a) sell, or offer to sell, electricity to a customer at premises on the Bass Strait Islands, at a price; or

(b) require payment of a charge by a customer at premises on the Bass Strait Islands; or

(c) impose a condition on the sale of electricity to a customer at premises in the Bass Strait Islands –

unless the price, charge or condition is a tariff, charge or condition fixed under subsection (1) or a tariff, charge or condition as amended under subsection (4) .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units.

(3)  A tariff, charge or condition fixed under subsection (1) , and a tariff or charge as amended under subsection (4) , may specify different prices, charges or conditions for different classes of customers at premises on the Bass Strait Islands but may not specify different tariffs, charges or conditions, in respect of different areas of the Bass Strait Islands, for the same class of customers.

(4)  A Bass Strait Islands tariff retailer may –

(a) amend a tariff, charge or condition fixed under subsection (1) or a tariff or charge as amended under this subsection; or

(b) rescind a tariff, charge or condition fixed under subsection (1) , or a tariff, charge or condition as amended under this subsection, and fix a new tariff, charge or condition under .