Electricity Industry Act 2004

NBU must pay temporary access contributions into the Temporary Access Contribution Account, at the times and in the manner determined by the Treasurer.

Users accessing services of the Regional Power Corporation’s covered Pilbara network must make payments to NBU in accordance with the Pilbara Networks Access Code in respect of temporary access contributions payable by NBU under subsection (1).

The Pilbara Networks Access Code may exempt users or classes of users specified in the code from subsection (2) in the circumstances specified in the code.

Without limiting Part 8A Division 2, the Pilbara Networks Access Code may provide for —

the determination of the amounts payable by users under subsection (2) and the manner in which those amounts are to be collected; and

temporary access contributions and the obligations of users under subsection (2) to be taken into account in the determination, publication or approval of prices under Part 8 or Part 8A or in the resolution of disputes in relation to those prices.

The regulations may provide for the regulation of matters of a savings or transitional nature in relation to payments in respect of temporary access contributions.