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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (30 November) . . Page.. 3575 ..


"Section 33-

Omit the section, substitute the following section:

'33  Connecting electrical installations to network-inspections

A person must not, except in circumstances prescribed by the regulations, connect a new electrical installation to an electricity network unless the installation has been inspected, tested and passed by an inspector.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.'.".

Page 6, line 14, Part 4 (Electricity Act 1971 ), proposed amendments to repeal sections 90 and 93, omit the amendment, substitute the following new amendments:

"Section 86-

Omit "own works", substitute 'electricity network'.

Part 8-

Repeal the Part.".

New Part -

Page 6, line 19, after Part 4 (Electricity Act 1971 ), insert the following new Part:

"Part 4A

Emergency Management Act 1999

Subsection 3 (1) (definition of emergency)-

Omit the definition, substitute the following definition:

'emergency means an event (such as fire, flood, storm, earthquake, drought, explosion, accident, shortage of electricity, gas or water, epidemic or animal disease), actual or imminent, which requires a significant and coordinated response.'.".

Page 6, line 22, Part 5, (Fair Trading Act 1992) , proposed amendment of subsection 5 (1) (definition of services, subparagraphs (a) (i) and (ii)), omit the amendment.

Page 7, line 1, Part 5 (Fair Trading Act 1992) , proposed amendment of subsection 5 (1) (definition of services, paragraph (b)), omit the amendment.

Page 10, line 13, Part 6 (Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission Act 1997 ), proposed new subsection 4B (2), omit the subsection, substitute the following subsections:

" '(2)   No reference may be made under this Act for a price regulation investigation into ACT gas distribution service pricing.

'(3)   In this section:

ACT gas distribution service means a distribution service provided by means of a natural gas distribution pipeline within the meaning of the Gas Pipelines Access (A.C.T.) Law.

ACT gas transmission service

means a transmission service provided by means of a natural gas transmission pipeline within the meaning of the Gas Pipelines Access (A.C.T.) Law.'.".

Page 10, line 17, Part 6 (Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission Act 1997), proposed amendment of paragraph 8 (g) (heading), omit the heading, substitute the following heading:


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