Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
sec.82Transmission network or part stops being hub transmission network or part
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sec.82 Transmission network or part stops being hub transmission network or part
This section applies if a transmission network or a part of a transmission network stops being the hub transmission network or a part of the hub transmission network for a regional energy hub, because any of the following (each a relevant event ) happens— the term of the hub declaration for the hub ends; the hub declaration for the hub is repealed; the hub declaration for the hub is amended in a way that the transmission network or the part of the transmission network is no longer the hub transmission network or a part of the hub transmission network for the hub. From the happening of the relevant event, the national electricity laws apply in relation to the transmission network or the part of the transmission network in the same way as the laws apply to any other transmission network or a part of a transmission network. However— an access standard negotiated under section 55 for the transmission network or the part of the transmission network— continues to be an agreed standard of performance determined in accordance with the National Electricity Rules; and if included in a connection agreement—is taken to be a negotiated access standard for the purposes of the National Electricity Rules; and a connection agreement to which section 56 applied for the transmission network or the part of the transmission network continues to be taken to be a connection agreement entered into in accordance with the National Electricity Rules. A regulation may provide for a matter to facilitate the transition of the transmission network or the part of the transmission network to the operation of the national electricity laws under this section. s 82 amd 2025 No. 30 s 55 (sec.82-ssec.1) This section applies if a transmission network or a part of a transmission network stops being the hub transmission network or a part of the hub transmission network for a regional energy hub, because any of the following (each a relevant event ) happens— the term of the hub declaration for the hub ends; the hub declaration for the hub is repealed; the hub declaration for the hub is amended in a way that the transmission network or the part of the transmission network is no longer the hub transmission network or a part of the hub transmission network for the hub. (sec.82-ssec.2) From the happening of the relevant event, the national electricity laws apply in relation to the transmission network or the part of the transmission network in the same way as the laws apply to any other transmission network or a part of a transmission network. (sec.82-ssec.3) However— an access standard negotiated under section 55 for the transmission network or the part of the transmission network— continues to be an agreed standard of performance determined in accordance with the National Electricity Rules; and if included in a connection agreement—is taken to be a negotiated access standard for the purposes of the National Electricity Rules; and a connection agreement to which section 56 applied for the transmission network or the part of the transmission network continues to be taken to be a connection agreement entered into in accordance with the National Electricity Rules. (sec.82-ssec.4) A regulation may provide for a matter to facilitate the transition of the transmission network or the part of the transmission network to the operation of the national electricity laws under this section.