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NATIONAL ENERGY RETAIL LAW (SOUTH AUSTRALIA) (IMPLEMENTATION) AMENDMENT BILL

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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. 2. Clause 4, page 11, after line 26—Insert:

29A—Review

(1) The Commission must conduct a review of the operation of the National Energy Retail Law in South Australia after the expiry of 2 years from the date fixed under section 4.

(2) The review must focus on the impact of the National Energy Retail Law on consumers of energy and whether the implementation of the Law has—

(a) resulted in increased efficiencies; or

(b) adversely affected customer protection in pursuit of national consistency,

and may address such other matters as the Commission thinks fit.

(3) The Commission must prepare a report on the outcome of the review and provide a copy of the report to the Minister.

(4) The Minister must, within 6 sitting days after receiving a report under subsection (3), have copies of the report laid before both Houses of Parliament.

(5) The Commission must, between the date fixed under section 4 and the completion of the review under this section, publish, on a quarterly basis, statistics about the de-energisation of premises due to inability to pay energy bills during each quarter.

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