Subdiv 6Initial last resort supply plan

Subdivision 6 — Initial last resort supply plan

59. Definition

Expressions used in this Subdivision have the same meanings as they have in Part 2A Division 6A (Division 6A) inserted in the principal Act by section 37.

60. Initial last resort supply plan

(1) The Division 6A provisions do not apply to —

(a) the designation of the initial supplier of last resort; and

(b) the preparation and approval of the initial last resort supply plan,

for the purposes of that Division.

(2) The supplier of last resort and the last resort supply plan referred to in subsection (1) are to be determined by the Authority in such manner as the Authority thinks fit, and the supplier and the plan so determined are to be taken to have been respectively designated and approved under Division 6A.

(3) The initial last resort supply plan is to be determined under subsection (2) after consultation with the initial supplier of last resort.

(4) To allow time for the completion of the initial last resort supply plan under Division 6A, the obligation imposed on the Authority by section 11ZAB inserted in the principal Act by section 37 —

(a) does not arise on the commencement of section 37; but

(b) arises instead on a later day fixed by the Minister by order published in the Gazette, and has effect on and after that day.

(5) In subsection (1) —

Division 6A provisions means —

(a) sections 11ZAE(1)(a), 11ZAF(a) and (b) and 11ZAG inserted in the principal Act by section 37; and

(b) regulations of the kind mentioned in section 11ZAK(a) as so inserted.

61. Regulations for transitional matters

If in the opinion of the Minister an anomaly arises in connection with the determination of the supplier of last resort or the last resort supply plan referred to in section 60, the Governor may by regulations make such provision as is necessary to remove the anomaly.