Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Act 1995
6Regulations and by-laws
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6 Regulations and by-laws
(1) A regulation in force under the former Act immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in force, subject to amendment or revocation under the ESI Act or this Act, as a regulation under the ESI Act .
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) , a by-law in force under the former Act immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in force, subject to amendment or revocation under the ESI Act or this Act, as a regulation under the ESI Act .
(3) A by-law fixing charges for electricity in force under the former Act immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in force as an electricity tariff under the ESI Act until it is superseded by an electricity tariff published under the ESI Act .
(4) A by-law fixing charges for electricity that continues in force under subsection (3) or an electricity tariff published under the ESI Act fixing prices and conditions for the sale of electricity by the HEC is to be regarded as a tariff by-law for the purposes of the Hydro-Electric Commission (Contributions) Act 1980 .
(5) For the purposes of the Government Prices Oversight Act 1995 –
(a) a by-law fixing charges for electricity that continues in force under subsection (3) or an electricity tariff published under the ESI Act fixing prices and conditions for the sale of electricity by the HEC is, before the relevant date, to be regarded as a statutory rule; and
(b) on and after the relevant date, an electricity tariff published under the fixing prices and conditions for the sale of electricity by the HEC is not to be regarded as a statutory rule.