Part 6BCommencement of this Law and Statutory instruments

Part 6B—Commencement of this Law and Statutory instruments 31AH Time of commencement of this Law or a provision of this Law 31AI Time of commencement of a Rule Part 7—Effect of repeal, amendment or expiration 31 Time of Law, the Regulations or Rules ceasing to have effect 32 Repealed Law, Regulation or Rule provisions not revived 33 Saving of operation of repealed Law, Regulation or Rule provisions 34 Continuance of repealed provisions 35 Law and amending Acts to be read as one Part 8—Offences under this Law 36 Penalty at end of provision 37 Penalty other than at end of provision 37A Indexation of civil penalty amounts 37B Indexation of criminal penalties 38 Indictable offences and summary offences 39 Double jeopardy 40 Aiding and abetting, attempts etc Part 9—Instruments under this Law 41 Schedule applies to statutory instruments 41A Rate of return instrument construed not to exceed the legislative power of the Legislature of this jurisdiction or the powers conferred by this Law 41B Reliability instrument construed not to exceed the legislative power of the Legislature of this jurisdiction or the powers conferred by this Law 42 National Electricity Rules to be construed so as not to exceed the legislative power of the Legislature of this jurisdiction or the powers conferred by this Law 43 Invalid Rules 43A Invalid rate of return instrument Schedule 3—Savings and transitionals Part 1—General 1 Definitions Part 2—General savings provision 2 Saving of operation of old National Electricity Law Part 3—National Electricity Code changes 3 Current Code change and derogation proposals to be dealt with under this Law 4 Current jurisdictional derogation proposals to be made under this Law 4A Transitional arrangements relating to additional Minister initiated Rules Part 4—Registration 5 Code participants deemed to be Registered participants 6 Exemptions Part 5—References to the National Electricity Code and specific provisions or terms 7 References to the National Electricity Code 8 References to provisions of the National Electricity Code 9 References to Code participants Part 6—Investigations and proceedings 10 Investigations into breaches and possible breaches of the Code 10A AER may conduct investigations into breaches or possible breaches of NEL not investigated by NECA 10B AER may bring proceedings in relation to breaches of National Electricity Code in the Court Part 7—Funds 11 Civil penalties fund Part 8—Other 12 Continuation of Reliability Panel 13 Jurisdictional system security coordinator 14 Rights under certain change of law provisions in agreements or deeds not to be triggered 15 Certain undertakings to cease effect on commencement day Part 9—Tasmanian participation in the national electricity market 16 Jurisdictional derogations relating to Tasmania's entry into national electricity market 17 Definition of national electricity system to permit Tasmania to participate in national electricity market before commissioning of Basslink 18 Operation and effect of Rule 6A.21.2 of the National Electricity Rules Part 10—Transitional provisions related to AEMO amendments 19 Definitions 20 Interaction between this Part and jurisdictional transitional arrangements 21 Recovery of costs of transition 22 Transitional special project expenditure 23 Interpretation of obsolete references Part 11—Application of National Energy Retail Law amendments 24 Application of National Energy Retail Law amendments Part 12—Transitional provision related to ECA amendments 25 Transitional provision—AEMO's consumer advocacy funding obligation Part 13—Information publication 26 Information publication Part 14—Transitional provision related to AER wholesale market reporting functions 27 Transitional provision related to AER wholesale market reporting functions Part 15—Transitional provision related to AEMC rule making powers 28 AEMC rule making powers Part 16—Transitional provisions for rate of return instrument 29 Definitions 30 Making first rate of return instrument if review not completed before commencement 31 Making first rate of return instrument if review completed before commencement 32 Application of this Law to particular decisions Part 17—Savings and transitional provisions related to Ministerial Council on Energy amendments 33 Definitions 34 References to Ministerial Council on Energy 35 Rights under certain change of law provisions in agreements or deeds not to be triggered 36 Rights under contracts etc 37 Saving of decisions etc Part 18—Transitional provisions related to national electricity objective amendments 38 Definitions 39 When amended objective takes effect for particular matters 40 Application of national electricity objective to particular matters in progress on start day 41 Administrative guidance about decisions under clause 40(3) 42 Administrative guidance about value of greenhouse gas emissions 43 Validation of things done in relation to Rules before commencement Legislative history The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the National Electricity (South Australia) Act 1996. 3—Interpretation (1) In this Act— National Electricity (South Australia) Law means the provisions applying because of section 6 of this Act; National Electricity (South Australia) Regulations means the provisions applying because of section 7 of this Act. (2) Words and expressions used in the National Electricity (South Australia) Law and in this Act have the same respective meanings in this Act as they have in that Law. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the extent that the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires. 4—Crown to be bound This Act, the National Electricity (South Australia) Law and the National Electricity (South Australia) Regulations bind the Crown, not only in right of South Australia but also, so far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other capacities. 5—Extra-territorial operation It is the intention of the Parliament that the operation of this Act, the National Electricity (South Australia) Law and the National Electricity (South Australia) Regulations should, so far as possible, include operation in relation to the following: (a) land situated outside South Australia, whether in or outside Australia; (b) things situated outside South Australia, whether in or outside Australia; (c) acts, transactions and matters done, entered into or occurring outside South Australia, whether in or outside Australia; (d) things, acts, transactions and matters (wherever situated, done, entered into or occurring) that would, apart from this Act, be governed or otherwise affected by the law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a foreign country.