Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
sec.59Existing applications to connect—hub transmission network
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sec.59 Existing applications to connect—hub transmission network
An existing application to connect for a transmission network or a part of a transmission network in relation to which this subdivision applies made by an entity other than an eligible entity, or for a project other than an eligible project, for the hub transmission network lapses when the relevant event happens. An existing application to connect for a transmission network or a part of a transmission network in relation to which this subdivision applies made by an eligible entity for an eligible project for the hub transmission network is taken to be an application to connect to the hub transmission network for the eligible project made in accordance with the connection and access process for the hub transmission network. Anything done in relation to an existing application to connect mentioned in subsection (2) is taken to have been done under the connection and access process for the hub transmission network, to the extent the thing is relevant to and may be done under that process. This section does not apply to an existing application to connect for a transmission network or a part of the transmission network made for a declared project in relation to which subdivision 4 applies. See section 66 in relation to existing applications to connect for a transmission network or a part of a transmission network made for a declared project in relation to which subdivision 4 applies. In this section— existing application to connect , for a transmission network or a part of a transmission network in relation to which this subdivision applies, means an application to connect for the transmission network or the part of the transmission network made before the relevant event happened if, immediately before the relevant event happened— the application had not been withdrawn; and the assessment of the application under the National Electricity Rules had not been completed. s 59 amd 2025 No. 30 s 74 sch 1 (sec.59-ssec.1) An existing application to connect for a transmission network or a part of a transmission network in relation to which this subdivision applies made by an entity other than an eligible entity, or for a project other than an eligible project, for the hub transmission network lapses when the relevant event happens. (sec.59-ssec.2) An existing application to connect for a transmission network or a part of a transmission network in relation to which this subdivision applies made by an eligible entity for an eligible project for the hub transmission network is taken to be an application to connect to the hub transmission network for the eligible project made in accordance with the connection and access process for the hub transmission network. (sec.59-ssec.3) Anything done in relation to an existing application to connect mentioned in subsection (2) is taken to have been done under the connection and access process for the hub transmission network, to the extent the thing is relevant to and may be done under that process. (sec.59-ssec.4) This section does not apply to an existing application to connect for a transmission network or a part of the transmission network made for a declared project in relation to which subdivision 4 applies. See section 66 in relation to existing applications to connect for a transmission network or a part of a transmission network made for a declared project in relation to which subdivision 4 applies. (sec.59-ssec.5) In this section— existing application to connect , for a transmission network or a part of a transmission network in relation to which this subdivision applies, means an application to connect for the transmission network or the part of the transmission network made before the relevant event happened if, immediately before the relevant event happened— the application had not been withdrawn; and the assessment of the application under the National Electricity Rules had not been completed.