New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

26 Process for preparing critical contingency management plan

• Before submitting the proposed critical contingency management plan to the industry body for approval, a transmission system owner must—

  • (a) consult on a draft of the proposed critical contingency management plan with persons that the transmission system owner considers are representative of the interests of persons likely to be substantially affected by the proposed critical contingency management plan; and

  • (b) immediately before consulting under paragraph (a), provide a draft of the proposed critical contingency management plan to—

    • (i) the critical contingency operator; and

    • (ii) the industry body, who must also publish the draft of the proposed plan; and

  • (c) give persons consulted with under paragraph (a) at least 20 business days to make submissions to the transmission system owner on the draft of the proposed critical contingency management plan; and

  • (d) provide copies of the submissions to the industry body as soon as practicable after those submissions have been received; and

  • (e) consider the submissions made and make any amendments to the proposed critical contingency management plan that the transmission system owner considers necessary.