Statutes Amendment (Electricity and Gas) Bill

Final Stages

The Legislative Council agreed to the bill with the amendments indicated by the following schedule, to which amendments the Legislative Council desires the concurrence of the House of Assembly:

No. 1. Clause 11, page 7, lines 10 to 32—Delete the clause and substitute:

11—Amendment of section 48-Entry for purposes related to infrastructure

(1) Section 48-after subsection (2) insert:

(2a) Despite subsection (2), an electricity officer may exercise a power of entry referred to in that subsection without giving notice in accordance with subsection (2) in relation to electricity infrastructure situated on land that is in the area of a council and in the bushfire risk area if—

(a) the purpose of the ent1y is to conduct an inspection of the infrastructure; and

(b) at least 2 months before the inspection, the electricity entity published a prescribed notice—

(i) in a newspaper circulating throughout the State; and

(ii) in a newspaper circulating within the area of the council; and

(iii) on public radio broadcast services operated by at least 2 radio broadcast service providers who broadcast within the area of the council; and

(c) the inspection is conducted during the period specified in the prescribed notice.

(2) Section 48-after subsection (7) insert:

(8) In this section—

prescribed notice, in relation to an inspection of electricity infrastructure by an electricity entity in the area of a council, means a notice that specifies the period (of up to 2 weeks) during which the entity proposes to inspect its infrastructure in the area.

No. 2. Clause 28, page 18, lines 33 to 35—Delete the clause

No. 3. Clause 29, page 19, line 4 [clause 29, inserted section 69( 1)]—Delete 'or vehicle'

No. 4. Clause 29, page 19, line 23 [clause 29, inserted section 69(1)(h)]—Delete 'or vehicle'

No. 5. Clause 29, page 19, line 24 [clause 29, inserted section 69(1)(h)]—Delete 'or vehicle'

No. 6. Clause 29, page 19, lines 25 and 26 [clause 29, inserted section 69(1)(i)]—Delete paragraph (i)

No. 7. Clause 29, page 20, lines 3 to 5 [clause 29, inserted section 69(3)(a)]—

Delete 'or person apparently in charge of the vehicle (as the case requires)'

No. 8. Clause 29, page 20, line 29 [clause 29, inserted section 69(6)(c)]—Delete 'or vehicle'

No. 9. Clause 63, page 37, lines 24 to 26—Delete the clause

No. 10. Clause 64, page 37, line 30 [clause 64, inserted section 67(1)]—Delete 'or vehicle'

No. 11. Clause 64, page 38, line 8 [clause 64, inserted section 67(1)(h)]—Delete 'or vehicle'

No. 12. Clause 64, page 38, line 9 [clause 64, inserted section 67(1)(h)]—Delete 'or vehicle'

No. 13. Clause 64, page 38, lines 10 and 11 [clause 64, inserted section 67(1)(i)]—Delete paragraph (i)

No. 14. Clause 64, page 38, lines 26 to 28 [clause 64, inserted section 67(3)(a)]—

Delete 'or person apparently in charge of the vehicle (as the case requires)'

No. 15. Clause 64, page 39, line 9 [clause 64, inserted section 67(6)(c)]—Delete 'or vehicle'