Commonwealth legislation

Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004 - Proclamation

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This is a commencement proclamation—an administrative instrument that switches on specific parts of an existing law.

What it does:

Fixes 23 May 2005 as the date when Schedules 1 and 2 of the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004 come into force (become legally active).
Acts under subsection 2(1) of that Act, which allows the Governor-General (or Administrator) to set commencement dates by proclamation.

Who it affects:

Energy market businesses (generators, retailers, network operators) who became subject to the Trade Practices Act provisions on that date.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), whose enforcement powers and obligations under the amended Act began on 23 May 2005.

Why it matters: Without this proclamation, the reforms in Schedules 1 and 2 would have remained dormant—passed by Parliament but not legally operational. This document "flips the switch" and activates the substantive energy market rules.

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Proclamation

Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004

I, JOHN LANDY, Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (1) of the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004, fix 23 May 2005 as the day on which Schedules 1 and 2 to that Act commence.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 11 May 2005

JOHN LANDY Administrator

By the Administrator’s Command

CHRIS PEARCE

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

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