Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995
49ATasmanian Electricity Code
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49A Tasmanian Electricity Code
[Section 49A of Part 3 Inserted by No. 21 of 1998, s. 17, Applied:19 Jun 1998]
(1) The Regulator must issue the Tasmanian Electricity Code.
(2) The Code may provide for any matter relating or incidental to the regulation of the electricity supply industry.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2) , the Code may make provision with respect to the following matters:
(a) the regulation of electricity markets;
(b) dispute resolution;
(c) electricity system operation and electricity system security;
(d) metering;
(e) connection to the distribution and transmission systems;
(f) [Section 49A Subsection (3) amended by No. 9 of 2012, s. 20, Applied:01 Jul 2012] supply of electricity to customers;
(fa) [Section 49A Subsection (3) amended by No. 9 of 2012, s. 20, Applied:01 Jul 2012] sale of electricity to customers on the Bass Strait Islands;
(g) safety and environmental codes of practice;
(h) generation, transmission, distribution and retail pricing principles;
(i) access to electricity infrastructure;
(j) whether any direction, decision or determination under this Act, the regulations or the Code is not a reviewable decision;
(k) the establishment of tribunals and committees for the purposes of the Code;
(l) principles on which the Regulator is to base any direction, decision or determination under this Act, the regulations or the Code;
(m) principles for the separation of accounts and functions within electricity entities;