Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
sec.170BValidation of particular acts and omissions of Powerlink
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sec.170B Validation of particular acts and omissions of Powerlink
This section applies if— during the period starting on 1 March 2024 and ending on the day a regulation is made under section 170A , an act done, or omission made, by Powerlink contravenes the transmission ring-fencing rule within the meaning of that section; and the act or omission would, if it had occurred after the day a regulation is made under section 170A , have been valid and lawful under the national electricity laws. For the national electricity laws, the act or omission is declared to be, and to have always been, valid and lawful. s 170B exp 31 December 2035 (see s 170D) (sec.170B-ssec.1) This section applies if— during the period starting on 1 March 2024 and ending on the day a regulation is made under section 170A , an act done, or omission made, by Powerlink contravenes the transmission ring-fencing rule within the meaning of that section; and the act or omission would, if it had occurred after the day a regulation is made under section 170A , have been valid and lawful under the national electricity laws. (sec.170B-ssec.2) For the national electricity laws, the act or omission is declared to be, and to have always been, valid and lawful.
- (a) during the period starting on 1 March 2024 and ending on the day a regulation is made under section 170A , an act done, or omission made, by Powerlink contravenes the transmission ring-fencing rule within the meaning of that section; and
- (b) the act or omission would, if it had occurred after the day a regulation is made under section 170A , have been valid and lawful under the national electricity laws.