17AModification of provisions of Law to apply to regulated offer retailers

17A Modification of provisions of Law to apply to regulated offer retailers

[Section 17A Inserted by No. 5 of 2013, s. 26, Applied:01 Jun 2013]

(1)  In section 2 of the South Australian Energy Retail Law, as that Law applies as a law of this jurisdiction, the definition of designated retailer is to be taken to be substituted by the following definition:

| designated retailerfor a small customer's premises means – | | (a) if there is no existing connection for the premises – the regulated offer retailer in respect of the premises; or | | (b) if there is an existing connection for the premises (including where a connection alteration to an existing connection is required) – | | (i) the financially responsible retailer for the premises; and | | (ii) the regulated offer retailer in respect of the premises; |

(2)  In section 2 of the South Australian Energy Retail Law, as that Law applies as a law of this jurisdiction, the following definition is to be taken to be inserted after the definition of regulated entity:

regulated offer retailer, in respect of premises, means the authorised retailer that is the regulated offer retailer in respect of the premises by virtue of an order made under section 38B of the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 ;

(3)  In section 11 of the South Australian Energy Retail Law, as that Law applies as a law of this jurisdiction, for subsection (1) there is to be substituted the following subsection:

| (1) An order made under section 38C of the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 must nominate a regulated offer retailer as a local area retailer for this jurisdiction for the purposes of this Law. |

(4)  In section 54 of the South Australian Energy Retail Law, as that Law applies as a law of this jurisdiction, after subsection (6) there is to be inserted the following subsection:

| (7) As soon as practicable after becoming aware that a small customer is consuming energy under a deemed customer retail arrangement, the financially responsible retailer for the premises must advise the customer of the customer's right to enter into, with the regulated offer retailer in respect of the premises, a standard retail contract containing standing offer prices. |