Terms used
3 Terms used
In these by‑laws, unless the contrary intention appears —
corporation means the body established by the Electricity Corporations Act 2005 section 4(1)(a);
dwelling means a house, flat, home unit or other place of residence used solely for residential purposes;
half‑hourly maximum demand means the maximum demand in kilowatts recorded during the accounting period concerned in any period of half an hour;
life support customer means a customer whose address is registered as a life support equipment address under the code of conduct in force from time to time under the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 79;
MSLA means the model service level agreement approved under the Electricity Industry (Metering) Code 2012 by the Economic Regulation Authority, as in force from time to time;
off peak means any period other than on peak;
on peak means the periods between 8.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. Monday to Friday;
permitted surcharge, in relation to a payment, has the meaning given in RBA Standard No. 3 of 2016;
RBA cash rate means the percentage (or maximum percentage) specified by the Reserve Bank of Australia as the Cash Rate Target;
RBA Standard No. 3 of 2016 means the standard titled Standard No. 3 of 2016: Scheme Rules Relating to Merchant Pricing for Credit, Debit and Prepaid Card Transactions determined by the Reserve Bank of Australia under the Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998 (Commonwealth) section 18, as in force from time to time;
residential tariff means Tariff A1 or B1;
Tariff followed by a designation means the tariff so designated in Schedule 1;
unit, in relation to a charge for electricity, means one kilowatt hour.
[By‑law 3 amended: Gazette 30 Mar 2009 p. 970; 29 Jun 2012 p. 2914; 27 Dec 2013 p. 6477; 22 Aug 2014 p. 3024; 16 Feb 2018 p. 470; 21 Jun 2019 p. 2119.]
[3A. Deleted: Gazette 26 Mar 2010 p. 1136.]
[4A. Deleted: Gazette 22 Aug 2014 p. 3024.]
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