Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
sec.60Existing applications to connect—hub controlled assets
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sec.60 Existing applications to connect—hub controlled assets
An existing application to connect for transmission assets 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 controlled assets lapses when the relevant event happens. An existing application to connect for transmission assets in relation to which this subdivision applies made by an eligible entity for an eligible project for the hub controlled assets is taken to be an application to connect for the hub controlled assets for the eligible project. Anything done in relation to an existing application to connect mentioned in subsection (2) continues to have effect under the National Electricity Rules in relation to the application to connect for the hub controlled assets for the eligible project. In this section— existing application to connect , for transmission assets in relation to which this subdivision applies, means an application to connect for the transmission assets 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before the relevant event happened if, immediately before the relevant event happened— the application had not been withdrawn; and the assessment of the application under the National Electricity Rules had not been completed.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 60 amd 2025 No. 30 s 73 sch 1 (sec.60-ssec.1) An existing application to connect for transmission assets 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 controlled assets lapses when the relevant event happens. (sec.60-ssec.2) An existing application to connect for transmission assets in relation to which this subdivision applies made by an eligible entity for an eligible project for the hub controlled assets is taken to be an application to connect for the hub controlled assets for the eligible project. (sec.60-ssec.3) Anything done in relation to an existing application to connect mentioned in subsection (2) continues to have effect under the National Electricity Rules in relation to the application to connect for the hub controlled assets for the eligible project. (sec.60-ssec.4) In this section— existing application to connect , for transmission assets in relation to which this subdivision applies, means an application to connect for the transmission assets 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.
- (a) the application had not been withdrawn; and
- (b) the assessment of the application under the National Electricity Rules had not been completed.