Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN ENERGY MARKET ACT 2004 - SECT 14

  (1)   The Governor - General may make regulations prescribing matters:

  (a)   required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

  (b)   necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

  (2)   Regulations may be made providing for the interpretation of a uniform energy law applied as a law of the Commonwealth. In particular, the regulations may provide that the following do not apply to the uniform energy law applied as a law of the Commonwealth:

  (a)   any law, or any provision of a law, of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory, being a law relating to the interpretation of laws;

  (b)   any other law, or any other provision of a law, of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory.

  (3)   The regulations may modify or adapt any provision of:

  (a)   the National Electricity (Commonwealth) Law; or

  (b)   the National Electricity (Commonwealth) Regulations; or

  (c)   the National Gas (Commonwealth) Law; or

  (ca)   the National Gas (Commonwealth) Regulations; or

  (cb)   the Offshore Western Australian Pipelines (Commonwealth) Law; or

  (cc)   the Offshore Western Australian Pipelines (Commonwealth) Regulations; or

  (cd)   the National Energy Retail Law (Commonwealth); or

  (ce)   the National Energy Retail Regulations (Commonwealth); or

  (d)   a prescribed uniform energy law applied as a law of the Commonwealth;

as it applies as a provision of a law of the Commonwealth.