Div 1Registration

Division 1—Registration 11—Electricity market activities in this jurisdiction (1) A person must not engage in the activity of owning, controlling or operating, in this jurisdiction, a generating system connected to the interconnected national electricity system or directly or indirectly connected to a regulated stand‑alone power system unless— (b) the person is the subject of a derogation that exempts the person, or is otherwise exempted by AEMO, from the requirement to be a Registered participant in relation to that activity under this Law and the Rules. Subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision: See the definition of "civil penalty provision" in section 2AA(1). (2) A person must not engage in the activity of owning, controlling or operating, in this jurisdiction, a transmission system or distribution system that forms part of the interconnected national electricity system or that forms part of, or is directly or indirectly connected to, a regulated stand‑alone power system unless— (b) the person is the subject of a derogation that exempts the person, or is otherwise exempted by the AER, from the requirement to be a Registered participant in relation to that activity under this Law and the Rules. Subsection (2) is a civil penalty provision: See the definition of "civil penalty provision" in section 2AA(1). (3) A person, other than AEMO, must not engage in the activity of operating or administering, in this jurisdiction, a wholesale exchange for electricity. Subsection (3) is a civil penalty provision: See the definition of "civil penalty provision" in section 2AA(1). (4) A person must not engage in, in this jurisdiction, the activity of purchasing electricity directly through a wholesale exchange unless— (b) the person is the subject of a derogation that exempts the person, or is otherwise exempted by AEMO, from the requirement to be a Registered participant in relation to that activity under this Law and the Rules. Subsection (4) is a civil penalty provision: See the definition of "civil penalty provision" in section 2AA(1). 12—Registration or exemption of persons participating in national electricity market (1) A person engaged or proposing to engage in an activity referred to in section 11(1), (2) or (4) may request AEMO to register that person as a Registered participant in relation to that activity for the purposes of this Law and the Rules. (2) A person engaged or proposing to engage in an activity referred to in section 11(1) or (4) may request AEMO to exempt that person from registering as a Registered participant in relation to that activity for the purposes of this Law and the Rules. (3) A request under subsection (1) or (2) must be in accordance with the Rules. (4) On receipt of a request under subsection (1) to be registered as a Registered participant, AEMO may, subject to the Rules, register the person in such categories of registration as are specified in the Rules. (5) On receipt of a request under subsection (2) to be exempted from being registered as a Registered participant, AEMO may, subject to the Rules, grant the person the exemption. (6) Registration as a Registered participant under subsection (4) or an exemption granted under subsection (5) may be subject to such terms and conditions as AEMO considers appropriate in accordance with the Rules. 13—Exemptions for transmission system or distribution system owners, controllers and operators (1) A person engaged or proposing to engage in the activity referred to in section 11(2) may request the AER to exempt that person from registering as a Registered participant in relation to that activity for the purposes of this Law and the Rules. (2) A request under subsection (1) must be in accordance with the Rules. (3) On receipt of a request under subsection (1), the AER may, subject to the Rules, grant the person the exemption. (4) An exemption granted under subsection (3) may be subject to such terms and conditions as the AER considers appropriate in accordance with the Rules. 14—Evidence of registration or exemption (1) A certificate signed by an authorised officer certifying that a person named in the certificate is a Registered participant, or has been granted an exemption from registration under section 12 or 13 is evidence of the registration or exemption. A certificate may be in respect of a Registered participant registered in accordance with section 12 and the Rules, or in accordance with the Rules alone. authorised officer means— (a) for issuing a certificate that a person is a Registered participant or exempted from registration under section 12—AEMO's CEO or a person authorised by AEMO's CEO to issue certificates under this section; or (b) for issuing a certificate that a person is exempted from registration under section 13—a member of the AER. Division 2—Regulated network service providers 14A—Regulated transmission system operator must comply with transmission determination A regulated transmission system operator must comply with a transmission determination that applies to the electricity network services provided by that operator. Section 14A is a civil penalty provision: See the definition of civil penalty provision in section 2AA(1). 14B—Regulated distribution system operator must comply with distribution determination A regulated distribution system operator must comply with a distribution determination that applies to the electricity network services provided by that operator. Section 14B is a civil penalty provision: See the definition of civil penalty provision in section 2AA(1).