Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995
44OProcess and timing for works
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44O Process and timing for works
[Section 44O of Part 3 Inserted by No. 16 of 2020, s. 4, Applied:30 Nov 2020]
(1) The regulations may prescribe –
(a) the stages of the process required to be undertaken by a relevant entity in relation to –
(i) works required for the purposes of enabling a use, or development, referred to in an application for a permit under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 , to be carried out if the permit is granted; or
(ii) works that the relevant entity is requested by a person to carry out; or
(iii) works to be carried out by the relevant entity in prescribed circumstances; and
(b) the time by which a relevant entity is to complete a stage of a process specified in accordance with paragraph (a) .
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , the stages to which regulations for the purposes of that subsection may relate include any of the following stages:
(a) the determination of the scope of the works;
(b) the design of the works;
(c) the checking of, and the approval of, the design of the works;
(d) the construction of relevant electricity infrastructure, including for connections, as part of the works;
(e) the inspection and approval of relevant electricity infrastructure, including infrastructure for connections, that has been constructed as part of the works;
(f) the making of a connection.