Regulation-making power
25 Regulation-making power
The Executive may make regulations for this Act.
A regulation may make provision in relation to the following:
working out a FiT support payment;
paying a FiT support payment;
the verification of information provided by the holder of a FiT entitlement.
A regulation may create offences and fix maximum penalties of not more than 30 penalty units for the offences.
Dictionary (see s 3)
The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.
For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
ACAT
Act
ACT
Commonwealth
disallowable instrument (see s 9)
Executive
in relation to
may (see s 146)
Minister (see s 162)
month
must (see s 146)
notifiable instrument (see s 10)
penalty unit (see s 133)
person (see s 160)
quarter
regulation
territory law
the Territory
under
writing.
ACT electricity distribution system means the distribution system component of the interconnected national electricity system in the ACT.
ACT electricity distributor means the network service provider operating the ACT electricity distribution system.
AEMO—see the national electricity rules, chapter 10 (Glossary).
Australian capital region means the region made up of—
the ACT; and
if a regulation prescribes an area that makes up the region—the prescribed area.
capacity, of a generating system—see section 7.
distribution system—see the National Electricity (ACT) Law, section 2.
eligible electricity—see section 17 (1).
FiT capacity—see section 9.
FiT capacity release—see section 10 (1).
FiT entitlement—see section 8.
FiT support payment, for a holder of a FiT entitlement, for eligible electricity for a period—see section 17A (1).
generating system—see the national electricity rules, chapter 10 (Glossary).
generating unit—see the national electricity rules, chapter 10 (Glossary).
interconnected national electricity system—see the National Electricity (ACT) Law, section 2.
large renewable energy generator—see section 6.
large-scale generation certificate—see the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (Cwlth), section 5.
market participant—see the national electricity rules, chapter 10 (Glossary).
National Electricity (ACT) Law means the provisions applying in the ACT because of the Electricity (National Scheme) Act 1997, section 5.
national electricity market—see the National Electricity (ACT) Law, section 2.
national electricity rules means the national electricity rules under the National Electricity (ACT) Law.
network service provider—see the National Electricity (ACT) Law, section 2.
reasonable costs determination—see section 20B (1).
renewable energy source—see section 6.
spot market—see the national electricity rules, chapter 10 (Glossary).
spot price value, for eligible electricity, means the amount that would have been paid for the electricity by the AEMO if the electricity had been sold on the spot market.
This provision refers to the regulations (may make regulations
, a regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statementSecond reading speech
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