31Prepayment meter market retail contracts between retailers and customers

31 Prepayment meter market retail contracts between retailers and customers

(1)  A former prepayment meter market retail contract, in relation to premises, between a retailer and a person who is not a large offer contestable customer in relation to the premises is, on and from the commencement day, to be taken to be a prepayment meter market retail contract in relation to the premises.

(2)  If a term or condition, of a prepayment meter market retail contract to which subsection (1) applies –

(a) is inconsistent with a provision of the National Energy Retail Rules that is a minimum requirement for market retail contracts; and

(b) confers on a customer a right that is greater, or imposes on a customer an obligation that is less onerous, than may be conferred by a term or condition that is consistent with the provision –

then, despite anything to the contrary in the National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) or those Rules, the term or condition of the prepayment meter market retail contract continues to have effect and the provision is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no effect in relation to the contract.