Agreement with electricity company
229 Agreement with electricity company
S. 229 amended by No. 6886 s. 3, repealed by No. 7548 s. 8(2)(a), new s. 229 inserted by No. 48/1996 s. 24, substituted by No. 55/1997 s. 28.
S. 229(1) amended by No. 14/2024 s. 10.
The Minister may enter into an agreement with an electricity company—
to manage and control; or
to carry out duties functions and powers related to the company's purpose on—
any Crown land, other than land that is a reference area under the Reference Areas Act 1978, that is used, or is to be used, for the purposes of or in connection with the company's purpose.
An agreement under subsection (1)—
must be in writing; and
may be amended from time to time or terminated by further written agreement between the parties; and
must contain provisions with respect to the protection and conservation of the land subject to the agreement.
In this section—
S. 229(3) def. of electricity company amended by No. 69/2000 s. 55(3).
electricity company means a generation company, transmission company or distribution company within the meaning of the Electricity Industry Act 2000;
company's purpose means—
in relation to an electricity company that is a generation company, the generation of electricity for the purposes of supply or sale;
in relation to an electricity company that is a transmission company, the transmission of electricity;
in relation to an electricity company that is a distribution company, the distribution or supply of electricity.
Pt 2 (Heading and ss 230–273) amended by Nos 6505 s. 2, 6746 s. 3, 6886 s. 3, 7228 s. 7(Sch. 4 Pt 19(ab)–(ub), 7332 s. 2(Sch. 1 items 40–43), 7548 s. 8(2)(a)(c), 8181 s. 2(1)(Sch. items 95, 96), 8461 ss 39–45, 9019 s. 2(1)(Sch. items 99, 103), 9183 s. 6(1), 9921 s. 255, 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 items 132, 133), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 items 39.42–39.48), 18/1989 s. 13(Sch. 2 item 41(p)), 44/1989 s. 41(Sch. 2 item 22.1), 92/1990 s. 128(Sch. 1 item 13.13), 52/1994 s. 97(Sch. 3 items 16.17–16.22), repealed by No. 96/1994 s. 25.
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