Energy Co-ordination and Planning Act 1995

In this section – authorised person means – a person who holds, under the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995, a licence authorising the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity; and a person who is a prospective licence holder; and the Director; distribution network has the same meaning as in the National Electricity Rules; excluded information means information in relation to the price, or cost, of goods or services required for the development of, or produced or to be produced by, a renewable energy project;National Electricity Rules means the National Electricity Rules made under the National Electricity Law; network service has the same meaning as in the National Electricity Rules; prospective licence holder means a person who – wishes – to establish, or modify, a connection to a transmission network or a distribution network; or to receive a network service; and makes a connection enquiry under 5.3.2 or 5.3A.5 of the National Electricity Rules for a connection or service in Tasmania; relevant information means information, other than excluded information, relating to – a renewable energy project; or a connection, or proposed connection, of a renewable energy project to a distribution network or transmission network; renewable energy means electricity generated – by utilising renewable energy sources; or by converting renewable energy sources into electricity; renewable energy project means – a development consisting of; or a proposed development that is to consist of – the installation of plant, equipment, lines, premises, or infrastructure, to enable the generation, transmission or distribution of renewable energy; transmission network has the same meaning as in the National Electricity Rules.

The provision by an authorised person, to another authorised person, of relevant information is, to the extent that the provision of the information may be used to draw an inference that there has been a contravention of Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010of the Commonwealth, authorised for the purposes of section 51(1) of that Act.