Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995

For the purposes of this Division, a system is a qualifying system in relation to premises if the system – is a system for the generation of electricity by solar, wind or water power; and complies with AS 4777 or, if it does not comply with AS 4777, is approved, before the transition day, by the distributor in respect of the premises at which the system is installed; and has the relevant total generation capacity in relation to the premises; and is not a member of a class of systems that are prescribed by the regulations not to be qualifying systems for the purposes of this Division.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(c), a system has the relevant total generation capacity in relation to premises if – where the system installed at the premises has a single-phase inverter and is not a system to which paragraph (c) applies – the system has a total generation capacity of not more than 10kVA; or where the system installed at the premises has a 3-phase inverter and is not a system to which paragraph (c) applies – the system has a total generation capacity of not more than 30kVA; or where the system installed at the premises is a system, or replaces a system, in relation to which there is an application, accepted before the transition day by the distributor in respect of the premises, for – connection of the system to the distribution network by the distributor; or approval to upgrade or replace that system and have it be, or remain, connected to the network – the system is not capable of generating more electricity than was specified in that application.