Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995

This section applies to – a licence issued under section 19A(2); and a licence issued in accordance with section 19A(6).

Without limiting the conditions to which a licence to which this section relates may be subject under this Act, such a licence is subject to the condition that it only authorises the carrying on in the Bass Strait Islands of the operations in an electricity supply industry to which the licence relates.

It is a condition of a licence to which this section relates, issued in respect of the electricity supply industry referred to in section 17(2)(c), that the holder of the licence must – continuously monitor the operation of the Bass Strait Islands power system; and control the input of electricity and the loads placed on the Bass Strait Islands power system to ensure that – the integrity of the Bass Strait Islands power system is maintained; and the Bass Strait Islands power system operates efficiently, reliably and safely; and perform the functions in relation to the Bass Strait Islands that are assigned to the holder of the licence under the regulations or the Code; and exercise the powers in relation to the Bass Strait Islands that the holder of the licence is required to exercise under the regulations or the Code.

In performing, in relation to the Bass Strait Islands, the functions or powers referred to in subsection (3), the holder of a licence to which this section relates has, in addition to the powers referred to in subsection (3), any other power imposed or conferred on the holder of the licence by the regulations or the Code.

The holder of a licence to which this section relates is not liable for an act or omission, in relation to the Bass Strait Islands, that is done, or omitted to be done, in good faith, by – the holder of the licence; or an employee or agent of the holder of the licence – in the exercise or performance, or the purported exercise or performance, of a power or function, referred to in subsection (3) or (4), of the holder of the licence.

An employee or agent of the holder of a licence to which this section relates is not personally liable for an act, or omission, in relation to the Bass Strait Islands, that is done, or omitted to be done, in good faith, in the exercise or performance, or the purported exercise or performance, of a power or function, referred to in subsection (3) or (4), of the holder of the licence.