Electricity - National Scheme (Tasmania) Act 1999 (Tas)

Electricity - National Scheme (Tasmania) Act 1999

An Act to make provision for the operation of a national electricity market and for related purposes [Royal Assent 14 May 1999]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Electricity - National Scheme (Tasmania) Act 1999 .

2. Commencement The provisions of this Act commence – (a) on a day or days to be proclaimed; or (b) at a time or times to be proclaimed; or (c) on the occurrence of one or more events to be proclaimed; or (d) as otherwise proclaimed.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act – National Electricity (Tasmania) Law means the provisions applying because of section 6 ; National Electricity (Tasmania) Regulations means the provisions applying because of section 7 . (2) Words and expressions used in this Act and also in the National Electricity (Tasmania) Law have the same meanings in this Act as they have in that Law. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the extent that the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires.

4. Crown to be bound This Act, the National Electricity (Tasmania) Law and the National Electricity (Tasmania) Regulations bind the Crown in right of Tasmania and, in so far as the legislative power of Parliament permits, in all its other capacities.

5. Extraterritorial operation It is the intention of Parliament that the operation of this Act, the National Electricity (Tasmania) Law and the National Electricity (Tasmania) Regulations should, so far as possible, include operation in relation to the following: (a) land situated outside Tasmania, whether in or outside Australia; (b) things situated outside Tasmania, whether in or outside Australia; (c) acts, transactions and matters done, entered into or occurring outside Tasmania, whether in or outside Australia; (d) things, acts, transactions and matters (wherever situated, done, entered into or occurring) that would, apart from this Act, be governed or otherwise affected by the law of the Commonwealth, another State, a Territory or a foreign country.