Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
sec.180Transitional regulation-making power
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sec.180 Transitional regulation-making power
A regulation (a transitional regulation ) may make provision about a matter for which— it is necessary to make provision— to allow or facilitate the doing of anything to achieve the transition associated with the commencement of this Act; or to allow or facilitate the doing of anything to help the operation of this Act or the national electricity laws in relation to a PTI matter or REZ matter; and this Act does not provide or sufficiently provide. See also section 192. A transitional regulation— may provide for the application of a provision of the national electricity laws (a national provision ) in relation to a matter mentioned in subsection (1); and for that purpose, may— provide that a national provision does not apply in relation to a matter or applies in relation to a matter with stated modifications; and state how other provisions of the national electricity laws apply in relation to a matter having regard to a national provision not applying or applying with stated modifications in relation to the matter. A transitional regulation may have retrospective operation to a day not earlier than the day this section commences. A transitional regulation must declare it is a transitional regulation. This section and any transitional regulation expire on the day that is 2 years after the day this section commences. In this section— PTI matter means a priority transmission investment, a candidate priority transmission investment or an eligible priority transmission investment. REZ matter means the REZ transmission network or REZ controlled assets for a REZ. s 180 exp 1 July 2026 (see s 180(5)) amd 2025 No. 30 s 67 (sec.180-ssec.1) A regulation (a transitional regulation ) may make provision about a matter for which— it is necessary to make provision— to allow or facilitate the doing of anything to achieve the transition associated with the commencement of this Act; or to allow or facilitate the doing of anything to help the operation of this Act or the national electricity laws in relation to a PTI matter or REZ matter; and this Act does not provide or sufficiently provide. See also section 192. (sec.180-ssec.2) A transitional regulation— may provide for the application of a provision of the national electricity laws (a national provision ) in relation to a matter mentioned in subsection (1); and for that purpose, may— provide that a national provision does not apply in relation to a matter or applies in relation to a matter with stated modifications; and state how other provisions of the national electricity laws apply in relation to a matter having regard to a national provision not applying or applying with stated modifications in relation to the matter. (sec.180-ssec.3) A transitional regulation may have retrospective operation to a day not earlier than the day this section commences. (sec.180-ssec.4) A transitional regulation must declare it is a transitional regulation. (sec.180-ssec.5) This section and any transitional regulation expire on the day that is 2 years after the day this section commences. (sec.180-ssec.6) In this section— PTI matter means a priority transmission investment, a candidate priority transmission investment or an eligible priority transmission investment. REZ matter means the REZ transmission network or REZ controlled assets for a REZ.