New Zealand Legislation: Acts

7 Meaning of involved

• (1) For the purposes of this Act, a person is involved—

  • (a) in a line if the person conveys electricity by the line, or owns or operates, directly or indirectly, the line or any other assets used in connection with the line, either alone or together with its associates and either on its own or another’s behalf:

  • (b) in any generation if the person generates electricity from the generator, or owns or operates, directly or indirectly, the generator or any other assets used in connection with the generator, either alone or together with its associates and either on its own or another’s behalf:

  • (c) in selling electricity to a customer if the person sells to the customer either on its own or another’s behalf:

  • (d) in any of the things referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) if the person—

    • (i) carries on a business that does any of those things, either alone or together with its associates and either on its own or another’s behalf; or

    • (ii) exceeds the 10% threshold in section 8 in respect of a business that does any of those things; or

    • (iii) has material influence over a business that does any of those things.

  (2) Involvement has a corresponding meaning.

  Section 7: substituted, on 14 October 2008, by section 7 of the Electricity Industry Reform Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 71).