Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995

For the purposes of this Act, a person is a transitional feed-in tariff customer in respect of premises if – the person is, in relation to the premises, a small customer of an authorised retailer; and the premises are situated on mainland Tasmania; and the person was, immediately before the transition day – a customer, in respect of the premises, of an authorised retailer; or a spouse of a customer, in respect of the premises, of an authorised retailer; and a qualifying system in relation to the premises is installed at the premises and connected to the distribution network by the distributor in respect of the premises; and the customer, or a spouse of the customer, is a recognised applicant in respect of the premises; and the person has not ceased, after the transition day, to be, in respect of the premises, a customer of an authorised retailer, except if – the person has so ceased in order to become, in respect of the premises, a customer of another authorised retailer; or the person's spouse has become a customer, of the authorised retailer, in respect of the premises; and 31 December 2018 has not expired.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(e), a customer, or a spouse of the customer, is a recognised applicant in respect of premises if – an accurately completed application – that relates to the premises; and that is for a qualifying system to be connected to the distribution network; and that is in a form approved, by the distributor in respect of the premises, for use before the transition day – is received, before the transition day, from the customer, or the spouse of the customer, by the distributor and is accepted by the distributor; and a qualifying system in relation to the premises is installed and connected at the premises before 31 August 2014.

A feed-in tariff customer in respect of premises – who is, immediately before 1 January 2019, a transitional feed-in tariff customer in respect of the premises; and who receives, or is to receive, an electricity account in respect of the premises for a billing period in relation to the premises that begins before, and expires after, 1 January 2019 – is to be taken, for the purposes only of ensuring that the customer is entitled to receive the feed-in tariff billing amount that would be payable in respect of that billing period if the customer were a transitional feed-in tariff customer, to be a transitional feed-in tariff customer in respect of the premises, for so much of the billing period as expires before 1 January 2019.