Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
sec.184Existing candidate priority transmission investments
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sec.184 Existing candidate priority transmission investments
This section applies in relation to a candidate priority transmission investment under former section 18 if, immediately before the commencement, the responsible Ministers have not made a declaration for the investment under former section 26. New part 5 applies in relation to the candidate priority transmission investment. For applying subsection (2), from the commencement— the declaration of the eligible priority transmission investment as a candidate priority transmission investment under former section 21 is taken to be a declaration made under new section 24(1); and a direction given by the responsible Ministers under former section 24(2) is taken to be a direction given by the Minister under new section 24; and a report given by Powerlink in purported compliance with a direction given under former section 24 is taken to be a report given to the Minister in purported compliance with a direction mentioned in paragraph (b); and any advice sought by the responsible Ministers under former section 25(2) is taken to be advice sought by the Minister under new section 25(2). In this section— new , in relation to a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force on the commencement. s 184 ins 2025 No. 30 s 68 (sec.184-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a candidate priority transmission investment under former section 18 if, immediately before the commencement, the responsible Ministers have not made a declaration for the investment under former section 26. (sec.184-ssec.2) New part 5 applies in relation to the candidate priority transmission investment. (sec.184-ssec.3) For applying subsection (2), from the commencement— the declaration of the eligible priority transmission investment as a candidate priority transmission investment under former section 21 is taken to be a declaration made under new section 24(1); and a direction given by the responsible Ministers under former section 24(2) is taken to be a direction given by the Minister under new section 24; and a report given by Powerlink in purported compliance with a direction given under former section 24 is taken to be a report given to the Minister in purported compliance with a direction mentioned in paragraph (b); and any advice sought by the responsible Ministers under former section 25(2) is taken to be advice sought by the Minister under new section 25(2). (sec.184-ssec.4) In this section— new , in relation to a provision of this Act, means the provision as in force on the commencement.
- (a) the declaration of the eligible priority transmission investment as a candidate priority transmission investment under former section 21 is taken to be a declaration made under new section 24(1); and
- (b) a direction given by the responsible Ministers under former section 24(2) is taken to be a direction given by the Minister under new section 24; and