90ECSouth Australian Minister to make initial Rules relating to Ministerial reliability instrument

90EC South Australian Minister to make initial Rules relating to Ministerial reliability instrument

90EC South Australian Minister to make initial Rules relating to Ministerial reliability instrument

(1) The Minister in right of the Crown of South Australia administering Part 2 of the National Electricity (South Australia) Act 1996 of South Australia (the South Australian Minister) may make Rules—

(a) for or with respect to—

(i) the Ministerial reliability instrument amendments; and

(ii) any other subject contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for, the Ministerial reliability instrument amendments; and

(b) that revoke or amend a Rule as a consequence of the enactment of the Ministerial reliability instrument amendments.

(2) Section 34(3) applies to Rules made under subsection (1) in the same way as it applies to Rules made by the AEMC.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a reference in section 34(1) to the national electricity system is taken to be a reference to the national electricity system or a local electricity system (as the context requires).

(4) Rules in the nature of a derogation may be made under subsection (1) even though there may not have been a request for a derogation.

(5) Rules made under subsection (1) may be differential Rules.

(6) As soon as practicable after making Rules under this section, the South Australian Minister must—

(a) publish notice of the making of the Rules in the South Australian Government Gazette; and

(b) make the Rules publicly available.

(7) The notice referred to in subsection (6)(a) must state—

(a) the date on which the Rules commence operation; or

(b) if different Rules will commence operation on different dates, those dates.

(8) Rules may only be made under subsection (1) on the recommendation of the MCE.

(9) Once the first Rules have been made under subsection (1), no further Rules can be made under that subsection.