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National Electricity (New South Wales) Act 1997
8CAustralian Energy Regulator—authorisation of preparatory steps
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#### 8C Australian Energy Regulator—authorisation of preparatory steps
8C Australian Energy Regulator—authorisation of preparatory steps
> > (1) This section applies if—
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> > > (a) the AER is required to do something (a preparatory step) before making a decision or making an instrument under one of the following (the authorising law)—
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> > > > (i) the [National Electricity (NSW) Law](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-20a),
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> > > > (ii) the National Electricity (NSW) Regulations,
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> > > > (iii) this Act,
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> > > > (iv) a regulation under this Act, and
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> > > (b) the AER takes the preparatory step—
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> > > > (i) at or after the time that the South Australian Act was enacted, but
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> > > > (ii) before the time that the amendments first started to apply under this Act as a law of New South Wales.
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> > (2) For the purposes of the authorising law, the AER is taken to have complied with the requirement to take the preparatory step.
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> **pt 2A (ss 8A–8D):** Ins 2012 No 38, Sch 3 \[1\].