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Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009

2008-2009

 

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009

 

No.      , 2009

 

(Climate Change and Water)

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 , and for related purposes

   

   



Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1

3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 3

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000            4

Schedule 2—Partial exemptions from liability to charge                                7

Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000                                                                7

Schedule 3—Amendments relating to the transition of State renewable energy target schemes               14

Part 1—Amendments relating to constitutional corporations                  14

Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000                                                              14

Part 2—Transitional provisions                                                                               15

 



A Bill for an Act to amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 , and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1   Short title

                   This Act may be cited as the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Act 2009 .

2   Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

2.  Schedule 1

The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

3.  Schedule 2

At the same time as section 3 of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Act 2009 commences.

 

4.  Schedule 3, Part 1

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

However, if the provision(s) do not commence before 1 July 2011, they commence on that day.

 

5.  Schedule 3, item 3

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

6.  Schedule 3, item 4

1 February 2010.

1 February 2010

7.  Schedule 3, item 5

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

 

8.  Schedule 3, items 6 and 7

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

However, if any of the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 9 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.

 

9.  Schedule 3, items 8 and 9

1 February 2010.

1 February 2010

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

             (2)  Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

3   Schedule(s)

                   Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.