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Australian Capital Territory
Utilities (Technical Regulation)
Regulation 2017
SL2017-3
made under the
Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014
Republication No 2
Effective: 1 December 2017
Republication date: 1 December 2017
Last amendment made by A2017-33
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About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Regulation 2017, made under the
Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014 (including any amendment made under the
Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 1 December 2017. It also
includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to
1 December 2017.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3
and 4.
Kinds of republications
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ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial
amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.
Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made
by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).
The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law
into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
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before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law
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Modifications
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Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for
an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
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Regulation 2017
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Contents
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1 Name of regulation 2
2 Meaning of small or medium scale generation—Act, s 9 (2) 2
2A Exempt class of regulated utility service—Act, s 10A 2
3 Meaning of utility infrastructure work—Act, s 95 (g) 2
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 3
2 Abbreviation key 3
Contents
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3 Legislation history 4
4 Amendment history 5
5 Earlier republications 5
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1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Utilities (Technical Regulation)
Regulation 2017.
2 Meaning of small or medium scale generation—Act,
s 9 (2)
The following limits are prescribed:
(a) lower limit—200kW;
(b) upper limit—30MW.
2A Exempt class of regulated utility service—Act, s 10A
(1) An embedded network is an exempt class of regulated utility
service.
(2) In this section:
embedded network means an embedded network under the national
electricity rules, chapter 10 (Glossary).
Note National electricity rules is defined in the Act, dict.
3 Meaning of utility infrastructure work—Act, s 95 (g)
An amount of 200kW is prescribed.
Endnotes
About the endnotes 1
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Endnotes
1 About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the
amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished
law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are
annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be
obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The
details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced
expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered
provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2 Abbreviation key
A = Act NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form o = order
am = amended om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution orig = original
ch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice pres = present
def = definition prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule
Assembly reloc = relocated
div = division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette RI = reissue
hdg = heading s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification or to be expired
Endnotes
3 Legislation history
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3 Legislation history
This regulation was made as part of the Planning, Building and Environment
Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (see A2017-3, s 29 and is taken to have been
made under the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014 A2014-60 (see s 113 (1)
as ins by A2017-3, s 28).
Utilities (Technical Regulation) Regulation 2017 SL2017-3
taken to have been notified LR 22 February 2017 (A2014-60
s 113 (3) (a) as ins by A2017-3 s 28)
s 1 commenced 22 February 2017 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder taken to have commenced 23 February 2017 (A2014-60
s 113 (3) (b) as ins by A2017-3 s 28)
as amended by
Utilities Legislation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-33 pt 4
notified LR 7 November 2017
s 1, s 2 commenced 7 November 2017 (LA s 75 (1))
pt 4 commenced 1 December 2017 (s 2 (2))