21Prepayment meter systems

21 Prepayment meter systems

(1)  The regulations may prescribe the provisions, of energy laws, that –

(a) are not to apply, to prepayment meter systems of a kind specified in the regulations, for the purposes of section 58 of the South Australian Energy Retail Law, as that Law applies as a law of this jurisdiction; or

(b) with the modifications specified in the regulations, are to apply, to prepayment meter systems of a kind specified in the regulations, for the purposes of section 58 of that Law, as that Law applies as a law of this jurisdiction.

(2)  If a regulation is made for the purpose of subsection (1) specifying that a provision of an energy law is not to apply to prepayment meter systems of a kind specified in the regulations, the provision is not to be taken, for the purposes of section 58 of the South Australian Energy Retail Law, as that Law applies as a law of this jurisdiction, to be a provision of an energy law for the purposes of that section in relation to such a prepayment meter system.

(3)  If a regulation for the purposes of subsection (1) specifying that a provision of an energy law, as modified in the regulation, is to apply to prepayment meter systems of a kind specified in the regulations, the provision is only to be taken for the purposes of section 58 of the South Australian Energy Retail Law, as that Law applies as a law of this jurisdiction, to be a provision of an energy law for the purposes of that section as the provision is so modified in the regulation.

(4)  Regulations for the purposes of this section may impose on the holder of a retailer authorisation an obligation to report to the Regulator, within the meaning of the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 , in respect of matters relating to prepayment meter systems.