“low-use consumer means a domestic consumer of a type specified in the regulations.”

• “(ab) specifying which domestic consumers are low-use consumers (these types of consumer may, for example, vary according to the particular area of New Zealand in which the domestic premises are situated, or according to whether the domestic premises are the domestic consumer’s principal place of residence):”.

• “(e) specifying criteria for the Minister to exempt electricity providers, or electricity providers in relation to particular areas, from the application of the regulations if, in the opinion of the Minister,—

  • “(i) the electricity providers materially comply with the objective of this section; or

  • “(ii) the electricity providers would incur a significant or unreasonable cost to comply with the regulations.”

• “(22A) providing for the terms and conditions on which electricity retailers must provide domestic consumers with billing and payment options (for example, smoothed payments and redirection of income):

• “(22B) providing for the terms and conditions on which electricity retailers must provide domestic consumers with information about overdue accounts and disconnection processes:”.

• “(24A) providing for electricity retailers to proactively provide information about a particular domestic consumer or a particular domestic consumer’s account—

  • “(a) to the consumer; and

  • “(b) with the consumer’s authorisation, to Government agencies:”.

• “(25A) providing for the terms and conditions on which electricity retailers may and may not disconnect prescribed classes of domestic consumers:

• “(25B) providing for the terms and conditions on which electricity retailers must reconnect a domestic consumer’s electricity after a disconnection:

• “(25C) providing for the terms and conditions for the supply of electricity or line function services to domestic consumers by electricity retailers or electricity distributors:”.

• “(3A) Subsection (1)(24A) does not override the Privacy Act 1993.”