Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 (NSW)

Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 No 95

An Act to establish certain statutory State owned corporations to exercise functions relating to the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and other forms of energy; to make consequential amendments to other legislation; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Interpretation (1) In this Act: electricity generator means a corporation constituted by this Act, being a corporation whose corporate name is listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1. energy distributor means a corporation constituted by this Act, being a corporation whose corporate name is listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1. energy services corporation means an electricity generator, an energy transmission operator or an energy distributor. energy transmission operator means a corporation constituted by this Act, being a corporation whose corporate name is listed in Part 1A of Schedule 1.

Note— The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act. (2) Words and expressions used in this Act and also in the State Owned Corporations Act 1989 have the same meanings in this Act as they have in that Act. (3) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.

Part 2 Electricity generators

4 Establishment of statutory State owned corporations On the day on which this section commences: (a) corporations are constituted by this Act under each of the corporate names listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1, and (b) the State Owned Corporations Act 1989 is amended by inserting in Schedule 5, in alphabetical order, each of the corporate names listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1.