72Energy industry penalty notices

72 Energy industry penalty notices (1) This Act applies to any energy industry penalty notice or wrongful disconnection penalty notice as if it were a penalty notice if— (a) it was served on an energy licensee before the commencement of section 6 of the **Essential Services Commission (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Amendment Act 2021**; and (b) before that commencement it has not been paid or withdrawn or relevant enforcement action has not been taken in relation to the contravention to which it relates. (2) Despite subsection (1), if any matter specified in an energy industry penalty notice or wrongful disconnection penalty notice that was served on a person before the commencement of section 6 of the **Essential Services Commission (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Amendment Act 2021** conflicts with the requirements in this Act, the matter specified in the notice prevails. New s. 73 inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 39.