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The amendments will also enable the minister to require a reporting entity to undertake an audit of the information it has provided, if the minister reasonably believes the information is false, misleading or incomplete, or that there is a risk the information is false, misleading or incomplete. The amendments will clarify that if this audit is requested, it is an offence for the reporting entity to fail to undertake it. The maximum penalty for this offence is 400 penalty units.
These amendments make clear the importance of accurate scheme data and provide the ACT government with an ability to take strong action, if required, to ensure the reliability of the information being reported. This will provide the ACT community with assurance of the integrity of the small and medium-scale feed-in tariff scheme, and confidence that the scheme provides value to our community.
The amendments also allow Evoenergy to pass on its reasonable costs in administering the scheme, which is consistent with the approach taken for the ACT’s large-scale feed-in tariff scheme. The bill requires the minister to approve a reasonable amount that may be passed through, to ensure that the costs are fair. The costs are then passed through to ACT electricity consumers by their retailer, via the consumer’s electricity bills.
The ACT small and medium-scale feed-in tariff scheme has helped drive the uptake of renewable electricity generation for the ACT community over the past decade, enabling more consumers to access technology that empowers them to produce their own clean electricity. The amendments presented in the bill will ensure this scheme continues to provide value to the ACT community in years to come. Madam Speaker, I commend the bill to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Ms Lee) adjourned to the next sitting.
Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee
Scrutiny report 43
MRS JONES (Murrumbidgee) (10.47): I present the following report:
Justice and Community Safety—Standing Committee (Legislative Scrutiny Role)—Scrutiny Report 43, dated 2 June 2020, together with a copy of the extracts of the relevant minutes of proceedings.
I seek leave to make a brief statement.
Leave granted.
MRS JONES: Scrutiny report No 43 contains the committee’s comments on two bills, 40 pieces of subordinate legislation and two government responses. The report was circulated to members when the Assembly was not sitting. I commend the report to the Assembly.
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