Victorian Numbered Acts

ENERGY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 (NO. 51 OF 2012) - SECT 1

The purpose of this Act is—

        (a)     to amend the Electricity Industry Act 2000 , the Gas Industry Act 2001 and the Fuel Emergency Act 1977 to provide for Corporations Act displacement provisions relating to directions in emergency supply situations; and

        (b)     to amend the Electricity Industry Act 2000 and the Gas Industry Act 2001 to align the existing Corporations Act displacement provisions relating to suppliers of last resort with the proposed new displacement provisions relating to directions in emergency supply situations; and

        (c)     to amend the National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005 to specify certain building block amounts to be applied by the Australian Energy Regulator when approving the pricing proposals of Victorian distribution network service providers under the distribution determinations that apply to those providers; and

        (d)     to amend the Energy Safe Victoria Act 2005 to enable Energy Safe Victoria's staff to, with the approval of the Minister, perform functions and duties and exercise powers under certain Commonwealth laws relating to the promotion of the development and adoption of products that use less energy or produce fewer greenhouse gases.