Eraring Power Station Act 1981 (NSW)

Eraring Power Station Act 1981 No 107

An Act to enable The Electricity Commission of New South Wales to enter into certain agreements, arrangements and understandings relating to the Eraring Power Station and to exercise and perform certain functions in relation to that power station, and for associated purposes.

1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Eraring Power Station Act 1981.

2 Commencement (1) This section and section 1 shall commence on the date of assent to this Act. (2) Except as provided in subsection (1), this Act shall commence on such day as may be appointed by the Governor in respect thereof and as may be notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

3 Interpretation (1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires: affiliate means any company in which the Commission has a controlling interest by virtue of its shareholding in the capital of the company. associated facilities means works and facilities connected solely with the delivery of raw materials to, the generation or supply of electricity from, the sale or disposal of electricity generated from, or the disposal of waste from, the Eraring Power Station, but does not include the Eraring Power Station itself. Commission means The Electricity Commission of New South Wales constituted under the Electricity Commission Act 1950. Court means the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Eraring Power Station means the power station erected or constructed or to be erected or constructed on the site. special arrangement means an agreement, arrangement or understanding to which the Commission is a party and which was entered into pursuant to section 4. the site means such land as is, pursuant to orders under subsection (4), for the time being declared to be or form part of the site. (2) A reference in this Act to: (a) law includes a reference to equity, (b) proceedings includes a reference to legal proceedings or proceedings by way of arbitration, (c) purchase includes a reference to repurchase, and (d) transfer of land includes a reference to the conveyance or assurance of land. (3) Without limiting the operation that this Act would have if this subsection had not been enacted: (a) a reference in this Act to the Eraring Power Station includes a reference to any unit or other part of the Eraring Power Station, and this Act applies to and in respect of any such unit or part as if references in this Act to the Eraring Power Station were references to the unit or part, and (b) a reference in this Act to the site includes a reference to any part of the site, and this Act applies to and in respect of any such part as if references in this Act to the site were references to the part. (4) The Governor may, by order published in the Gazette, declare land described in the order to be or form part of the site.