Pursuant to section 128 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council and on the recommendation of the Minister of Energy and Resources, makes the following regulations.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Application
	Part 1 Interpretation and general rules
4	Interpretation
4A	Transitional, savings, and related provisions
5	Overview of these regulations
6	How and when levy must be paid
	Part 2 Calculations, adjustments, and reconciliations
	Initial calculation of annual levy rates
7	Calculation of annual levy rates
8	Notification of annual levy rates
	Calculation of monthly instalments
9	Calculation of each participant’s monthly instalment
	Adjustments to annual levy rates during financial year
10	Levy rates may be adjusted during financial year
	Reconciliation of levy after end of financial year
11	Reconciliation of levy after end of financial year
12	Further reconciliation of levy on basis of significant changes in quantities
13	Refunds and further invoices
	Part 3 Revocation and transitional provisions
	Revocation
14	Revocation
	Transitional provisions
15	Saving
16	Reconciliation of levy for period ending 31 October 2010 [Revoked]
17	Levy for period commencing 1 November 2010 and ending 30 June 2011 [Revoked]
18	Recovery of costs of additional activities
19	Levy for year ending 30 June 2015 [Revoked]
20	Levy for year ending 30 June 2016
	Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions
	Gazette Information
	Reprint notes

Regulations

1 Title

These regulations are the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Regulations 2010.

2 Commencement

These regulations come into force on 20 December 2010.

3 Application

(1)

These regulations apply to the period commencing on 1 November 2010 and ending with 30 June 2011 and to subsequent financial years.

(2)

The levy rate for the financial period ending with 30 June 2011 includes the costs incurred by the Crown on or after 1 January 2010 relating to establishing the Authority, disestablishing the Electricity Commission, transferring functions to other agencies, and preparing the initial Code.

(3)

These regulations do not apply to an industry participant in respect of the Stewart Island network, the Chatham Islands network, or the Haast network.

Part 1 Interpretation and general rules

4 Interpretation

(1)

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—

Act means the Electricity Industry Act 2010

actual costs, for a financial year, means (other than in regulation 11) the amount—

(a)

identified in the audited financial statements of the EECA for the financial year as the portion of costs, exclusive of any goods and services tax, to be met out of the levy under section 128(3)(c) of the Act; and

(b)

that does not exceed the total amount appropriated for that financial year in respect of the costs referred to in paragraph (a); and

(c)

that does not exceed the portion of the costs of the EECA, exclusive of any goods and services tax, determined by the Minister to be met out of the levy under section 128(3)(c) of the Act for the financial year

actual revenue, for a financial year, means the amount—

(a)

identified in the audited financial statements of the Ministry for the financial year as the amount of the levy recovered for that financial year; and

(b)

that is attributable to the portion of the costs of the EECA, exclusive of any goods and services tax, determined by the Minister to be met out of the levy under section 128(3)(c) of the Act for the financial year

associate has the same meaning as in clause 8 of Schedule 2 of the Act

Authority means the Electricity Authority established by section 12 of the Act

Code means the Electricity Industry Participation Code administered by the Authority under the Act

common quality operations means the activities of the Authority that relate to the following parts of the Code:

(a)

the common quality operations referred to in Part 7, system operator:

(b)

Part 8, common quality

consumer connection,—

(a)

in relation to a distributor, means the total number of ready and active ICPs for that distributor; and

(b)

in relation to a retailer, means the total number of ready and active ICPs for that retailer

consumer participation operations means—

(a)

the activities of the Authority under section 16(1)(i) of the Act to promote to consumers the benefits of comparing and switching retailers; and

(b)

any other activities of the Authority that seek to facilitate consumer participation in electricity markets, including programmes focusing on addressing consumer awareness, understanding, motivation, and action

costs means all of the costs that are to be met out of the levy under section 128(3) of the Act, whether incurred directly or indirectly by the Authority or the Crown

distributor means—

(a)

an industry participant that is a business engaged in distribution; and

(b)

Transpower

EECA means the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority established under section 20 of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act 2000

EECA adjustment amount, for a financial year, means the difference between the actual costs and the actual revenue in the financial year immediately before the previous financial year and,—

(a)

if the actual costs are higher than the actual revenue, the adjustment amount is positive; and

(b)

if the actual costs are lower than the actual revenue, the adjustment amount is negative

EECA operations means the functions, powers, and duties of the EECA that give rise to the costs that are within the portion of total costs that is determined by the Minister to be the portion to be met by levies under section 128(3)(c) of the Act

EECA supplementary estimates amount, for a financial year, means any supplementary appropriations sought during the previous financial year—

(a)

in a supplementary Appropriation Bill and set out in the Supplementary Estimates; and

(b)

in respect of the portion of costs of the EECA to be met by levies under section 128(3)(c) of the Act during the previous financial year, exclusive of goods and services tax

electricity conveyed,—

(a)

in relation to the grid, means the quantity of electricity injected at grid injection points; and

(b)

in relation to a local network, means the quantity of electricity entering the network at grid exit points and at points of connection with embedded networks and at points of connection with embedded generating stations; and

(c)

in relation to an embedded network, means the quantity of electricity entering the network—

(i)

at points of connection with a local network; and

(ii)

at points of connection with other embedded networks; and

(iii)

at points of connection with embedded generating stations; but

(d)

does not include any quantity of electricity that is conveyed by a distributor for its own consumption or for the consumption of its associates

electricity generated, in relation to a generator,—

(a)

means the quantity of electricity sold by the generator to the clearing manager or to a retailer; but

(b)

does not include the quantity of electricity generated by an embedded generating station that has a rated electricity generating capacity of less than 10 MW in the station’s asset capability statement

electricity purchased, in relation to a purchaser, means the quantity of electricity purchased from the clearing manager by the purchaser at all grid exit points

embedded generating station has the same meaning as in the Code

establishment costs means the costs referred to in regulation 3(2)

estimated costs means an amount that—

(a)

is an estimation of the costs, net of the income, that are to be met out of the levy under section 128(3) of the Act for the financial year, exclusive of any goods and services tax:

(b)

does not exceed the appropriations for the financial year in respect of those costs, exclusive of any goods and services tax, where appropriation includes the following amounts at the time of the calculation under regulation 7:

(i)

any existing appropriation or other authority by or under an Act; and

(ii)

any appropriation sought in an Appropriation Bill and set out in the Estimates:

(c)

does not exceed, in the case of the costs referred to in section 128(3)(c) of the Act, the portion referred to in that provision

Estimates has the meaning set out in section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989 and includes the Supplementary Estimates

financial year means the year beginning on 1 July and ending with the following 30 June

generator means an industry participant that is a business engaged in generation but, for the purpose of these regulations, excludes a business engaged in generation mostly for its own consumption or for the consumption of a person who is involved in the business or for the consumption of any of the business’s associates

grid has the same meaning as in the Code

industry participant has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Act

levy means the levy prescribed by these regulations

levy rate or annual levy rate means the rate calculated under regulation 7 or the rate as adjusted or reconciled under regulations 10 to 12, as the case may be

market operations means the activities of the Authority that relate to the following parts of the Code:

(a)

regime for dealing with undesirable trading situations:

(b)

metering:

(c)

trading arrangements:

(d)

clearing and settlement:

(e)

prudential requirements:

(f)

reconciliation

Minister means the Minister of Energy and Resources

month means a calendar month

monthly instalment means the monthly instalment of the annual levy that is payable under regulation 6

other activities—

(a)

means the functions, powers, and duties of the Authority under the Act or the Code, other than the activities to which costs are separately allocated as listed in column 1 of table 1 in regulation 7(2):

(b)

includes—

(i)

the monitoring and enforcement of the Code by the Authority, the Rulings Panel, and any investigator appointed under the Electricity Industry (Enforcement) Regulations 2010:

(ii)

the costs of processing applications for exemptions from Part 3 of the Act (which relates to separation of distribution from certain generation and retailing):

(c)

includes the costs of collecting the levy

purchaser means an industry participant that buys electricity from the clearing manager; and includes any other participant that has assumed that person’s rights and obligations in relation to the purchaser

quantity of electricity means the quantity of electricity generated, purchased, or conveyed, as the case may be, as reconciled in accordance with the Code

registry and consumer operations means the activities of the Authority that relate to Part 11, registry information management, of the Code and other consumer-related activities (other than activities within consumer participation operations)

retailer means an industry participant that buys electricity from the clearing manager and supplies it to a customer or to another retailer

Supplementary Estimates has the meaning set out in section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989

supply reliability operations means—

(a)

the activities of the Authority that relate to Part 9, security of supply, of the Code:

(b)

the security of supply operations referred to in Part 7, system operator, of the Code:

(c)

the activities of the Security and Reliability Council appointed under section 20 of the Act:

(d)

the activities of the Authority that are associated with the Whirinaki agreement and any activities of the Crown that are associated with the Whirinaki generating plant after the Whirinaki agreement is terminated:

(e)

the functions of the Authority under section 136 of the Act

transmission operations—

(a)

means the activities of the Authority that relate to Part 12, transport, of the Code; and

(b)

includes the costs incurred by the Crown in relation to developing and publishing regional electricity supply and demand forecasts and scenarios, and related information and analysis, for the purpose of assisting investment planning by industry participants

Whirinaki agreement means the reserve generation capacity agreement entered into between the Electricity Commission and Her Majesty the Queen in right of New Zealand.

(2)

Any term or expression that is defined in the Act or the Code and used, but not defined, in these regulations has the same meaning as in the Act or the Code.

Regulation 4(1) actual costs: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 4(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 4(1) actual revenue: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 4(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 4(1) consumer participation operations: inserted, on 1 July 2015, by regulation 4(1) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/134).

Regulation 4(1) customer switching fund: revoked, on 1 July 2015, by regulation 4(1) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/134).

Regulation 4(1) EECA: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 4(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 4(1) EECA adjustment amount: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 4(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 4(1) EECA operations: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 4(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 4(1) EECA supplementary estimates amount: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 4(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 4(1) electricity efficiency operations: revoked, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 4(1) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 4(1) Estimates: amended, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 4(2) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 4(1) market operations: replaced, on 30 June 2015, by regulation 4(2) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/134).

Regulation 4(1) registry and consumer operations: amended, on 1 July 2015, by regulation 4(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/134).

Regulation 4(1) Supplementary Estimates: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 4(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

4A Transitional, savings, and related provisions

The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1 have effect according to their terms.

Regulation 4A: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 5 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

5 Overview of these regulations

(1)

Each generator, purchaser, and distributor is liable to pay a levy to the Authority on behalf of the Crown.

(2)

The levy—

(a)

must initially be calculated under regulations 7 and 9 (which provide for calculation on the basis of estimated costs and, in the case of EECA operations, the EECA supplementary estimates amount (if any) and the EECA adjustment amount for the financial year); and

(b)

may be adjusted under regulation 10 (for example, if estimated costs increase or decrease or if a different quantity of electricity is generated, purchased, or conveyed than was anticipated); and

(c)

must be reconciled against the levy that would have been payable after the end of the financial year under regulation 11 or 12.

Regulation 5(2)(a): amended, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 6 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

6 How and when levy must be paid

(1)

The annual levy is payable to the Authority in monthly instalments in arrears.

(2)

Each industry participant that is a generator, purchaser, or distributor at the end of a month during a financial year is liable to pay a monthly instalment of the levy for that month to the Authority.

(3)

The Authority must invoice industry participants for each monthly instalment as soon as practicable after the start of the following month.

(4)

The due date for payment of each monthly instalment is the later of—

(a)

the tenth working day after the industry participant receives an invoice for that monthly instalment; or

(b)

the 20th day of the month following the month to which the instalment relates.

(5)

The Authority may waive the payment of 1 or more monthly instalments if the Authority considers that the cost of invoicing the industry participant would exceed the amount to be recovered.

Part 2 Calculations, adjustments, and reconciliations

Initial calculation of annual levy rates

7 Calculation of annual levy rates

(1)

This regulation provides how the annual levy rates must be calculated by the Authority.

(2)

Step 1 is that the costs of each activity must be determined. This is done by allocating the estimated costs to the activities listed in column 1 of table 1, including by—

(a)

apportioning the Authority’s indirect costs to those activities; and

(b)

apportioning the Authority’s costs in relation to any review and report on any matter relating to the electricity industry that is requested by the Minister under section 18 of the Act—

(i)

to the particular activity to which the review and report relates, if it relates to a particular activity; and

(ii)

to other activities, if the report or review does not relate to a particular activity.

Table 1
Allocation of costs of each activity

Column 1: Activity	Column 2: Classes of industry participants to whom costs of activity are allocated
	Generators	Purchasers	Distributors
Common quality operations	One-third	One-third to purchasers	One-third
Market operations	One-half	One-half to purchasers	–
Registry and consumer operations	–	One-half to retailers	One-half to distributors other than Transpower
Supply reliability operations	–	All to purchasers	–
Transmission operations	–	–	All to Transpower
EECA operations	–	All to purchasers	–
Consumer participation operations	–	All to retailers	–
Other activities	One-third	One-third to purchasers	One-third
Establishment costs relating to transition of functions to Commerce Commission	–	–	All to Transpower
Establishment costs relating to Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority	–	All to purchasers	–
All other establishment costs	One-third	One-third to purchasers	One-third

(2A)

In addition, the EECA supplementary estimates amount (if any) and the EECA adjustment amount for the financial year must be allocated to the costs of EECA operations in column 1 of table 1.

(3)

Step 2 is that the costs of each activity must be allocated to the classes of industry participants according to the proportions listed in column 2 of table 1 (this determines the costs payable by each participant class per activity).

(4)

Step 3 is that the costs payable by each class of industry participant per activity must be divided by the relevant number calculated in accordance with table 2 (this determines the annual levy rate per unit of electricity generated, purchased, or conveyed or per consumer connection, as the case may be).

Table 2
Calculation of annual levy rate per unit of electricity generated, purchased, or conveyed or per consumer connection

Activity	Generators	Purchasers	Distributors
Common quality operations	G	P	D
Market operations	G	P
Registry and consumer operations		C	C
Supply reliability operations		P
EECA operations		P
Consumer participation operations		C
Other activities	G	P	D
Establishment costs	G	P	D
where— C is the estimated average total number of consumer connections during the financial year D is the estimated total quantity of electricity to be conveyed by distributors during the financial year G is the estimated total quantity of electricity to be generated by generators during the financial year P is the estimated total quantity of electricity to be purchased by purchasers, or sold by retailers, as the case may be, during the financial year.

Regulation 7(2) table 1: amended, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 7(1) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 7(2) table 1: amended, on 1 July 2015, by regulation 5(1) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/134).

Regulation 7(2A): inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 7(2) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 7(4) table 2: amended, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 7(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 7(4) table 2: amended, on 1 July 2015, by regulation 5(2) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/134).

8 Notification of annual levy rates

As soon as practicable after calculating the annual levy rates under regulation 7, the Authority must give notice of the levy rates by—

(a)

publishing a notice in the Gazette that sets out the annual levy rates; and

(b)

maintaining a list of the annual levy rates on its Internet site at all reasonable times.

Calculation of monthly instalments

9 Calculation of each participant’s monthly instalment

(1)

This regulation shows how the monthly instalment payable by a generator, purchaser, or distributor must be calculated by the Authority.

(2)

Step 1 is that the annual levy rate per unit of electricity generated, purchased, or conveyed or per consumer connection, as the case may be, must be multiplied in accordance with the multipliers in table 3.

Table 3
Annual levy rate multipliers—quantity of electricity generated, purchased, or conveyed or per consumer connection

Activity		Generators	Purchasers	Distributors
Common quality operations		G_im	P_im	D_im
Market operations		G_im	P_im	–
Registry and consumer operations		–	C_im/12	C_im/12
Supply reliability operations		–	P_im	–
EECA operations		–	P_im	–
Consumer participation operations		–	C_im/12	–
Other activities		G_im	P_im	D_im
Establishment costs		G_im	P_im	D_im
where—
C_im/12	is one-twelfth of the total number of consumer connections for which the purchaser or distributor is responsible at the end of the month
D_im	is the total quantity of electricity conveyed by the distributor during the month
G_im	is the total quantity of electricity generated by the generator during the month
P_im	is the total quantity of electricity purchased by the purchaser during the month

(3)

Step 2 is that the annual costs of transmission operations, and the establishment costs relating to the transition of functions to the Commerce Commission, as allocated under regulation 7(2) must be included in the levy payable by Transpower, in 12 monthly instalments.

(4)

Step 3 is that, for each industry participant, the amounts of the levy payable in respect of each activity must be added together (this determines the total amount of the monthly instalment of the levy payable by each individual participant under regulation 6).

Regulation 9(2) table 3: amended, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 8 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 9(2) table 3: amended, on 1 July 2015, by regulation 6 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/134).

Adjustments to annual levy rates during financial year

10 Levy rates may be adjusted during financial year

(1)

An annual levy rate may, at the Authority’s discretion, be adjusted if—

(a)

the estimated costs significantly change during the financial year; or

(b)

the costs of an activity significantly change during the financial year; or

(c)

the amount of levy money estimated under regulation 7 to be collected during the financial year is either too much or too little because the quantity of electricity generated, purchased, or conveyed is significantly different from the quantity that was estimated, or the number of consumer connections has significantly changed; or

(d)

the Authority’s costs are reallocated between activities.

(2)

An annual levy rate is adjusted by redoing the calculation in regulation 7 using the amended figures for the whole or any part of the financial year.

(3)

As soon as practicable after adjusting an annual levy rate, the Authority must—

(a)

publish the adjusted annual levy rate in accordance with regulation 8; and

(b)

notify relevant industry participants of the adjusted annual levy rate before invoicing the industry participants for the next monthly instalment; and

(c)

use the adjusted levy rate for calculations of future monthly instalments in that financial year.

Reconciliation of levy after end of financial year

11 Reconciliation of levy after end of financial year

(1)

The Authority must, as soon as practicable after the audited financial statements for a financial year are presented to the House of Representatives,—

(a)

reconcile the levy for the financial year against the levy that would have been payable if the calculation under regulation 7 (or, if it has been recalculated, the recalculation under regulation 10(2)) had used—

(i)

the actual costs for the year, rather than the estimated costs; and

(ii)

the actual quantity of electricity generated, purchased, or conveyed at the time the reconciliation of the levy is performed, and the actual number of consumer connections at the time the reconciliation of the levy is performed, rather than the estimated numbers; and

(b)

have the reconciliation calculation referred to in paragraph (a) independently audited; and

(c)

publish the reconciled annual levy rates in accordance with regulation 8.

(1A)

However, subclause (1) does not apply to the part of the levy payable by purchasers in respect of costs allocated to EECA operations and no reconciliation is to be carried out for this part of the levy.

(2)

For the purposes of subclause (1),—

actual costs for a financial year is the amount—

(a)

identified in audited financial statements for that year as the costs, net of the income, that are to be met out of the levy under section 128(3) of the Act; and

(b)

that does not exceed the total amount appropriated for that year in respect of those costs; and

(c)

[Revoked]

(d)

that is exclusive of goods and services tax

audited financial statements means the audited financial statements of—

(a)

the Authority:

(b)

[Revoked]

(c)

the Ministry for the time being responsible for any activities of which the costs are to be met out of the levy under section 128(3) of the Act.

Regulation 11(1A): inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 9(1) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 11(2) actual costs paragraph (c): revoked, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 9(2) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Regulation 11(2) audited financial statements paragraph (b): revoked, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 9(3) of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

12 Further reconciliation of levy on basis of significant changes in quantities

(1)

This regulation applies if the Authority—

(a)

has already performed a reconciliation of the levy under regulation 11; and

(b)

considers that—

(i)

the quantities of electricity generated, purchased, or conveyed are significantly changed from the quantities used in the levy reconciliation under regulation 11; and

(ii)

those changes are the result of reconciliation under clauses 15.24 to 15.28 or Schedule 15.4 of the Code.

(2)

The Authority must perform a further levy reconciliation under regulation 11 by using the changed quantities of electricity.

13 Refunds and further invoices

(1)

As soon as practicable after the levy is reconciled under regulation 11 or 12, the Authority must,—

(a)

if there has been an over-recovery from an industry participant, refund to that participant the amount over-recovered from it; and

(b)

if there has been a significant under-recovery from an industry participant, invoice that participant for the amount under-recovered from it, as part of the levy for the current year.

(2)

Any under-recovery that is included in the levy under this regulation may be collected by a further invoice.

(3)

The due date for payment of that amount is the tenth working day after the industry participant receives that invoice.

Part 3 Revocation and transitional provisions

Revocation

14 Revocation

The Electricity (Levy of Industry Participants) Regulations 2005 (SR 2005/72) are revoked.

Transitional provisions

15 Saving

The Electricity (Levy of Industry Participants) Regulations 2005 continue to apply to the levies that were payable in respect of periods before the commencement of these regulations.

16 Reconciliation of levy for period ending 31 October 2010

[Revoked]

Regulation 16: revoked, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 10 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

17 Levy for period commencing 1 November 2010 and ending 30 June 2011

[Revoked]

Regulation 17: revoked, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 10 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

18 Recovery of costs of additional activities

(1)

This regulation applies to the costs of any activity—

(a)

that the Authority or the Crown began to carry out before the date on which these regulations come into force or begins to carry out after that date; and

(b)

that the Authority was authorised to carry out, or in respect of which the costs are authorised to be met out of the levy, under the Act.

(2)

The Authority may decide to recover all or any of the costs of an activity by one of the following methods:

(a)

in 1 or more monthly instalments of the levy, by setting a new rate for that activity or by adjusting an existing levy rate under regulation 10:

(b)

in the end-of-year reconciliation under regulations 11 and 12.

19 Levy for year ending 30 June 2015

[Revoked]

Regulation 19: revoked, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 10 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

20 Levy for year ending 30 June 2016

The levy for the 2015/16 financial year is payable in accordance with these regulations as amended by the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015.

Regulation 20: inserted, on 1 July 2015, by regulation 7 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/134).

Regulation 20: amended, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 11 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Schedule 1 Transitional, savings, and related provisions

r 4A

Schedule 1: inserted, on 1 July 2017, by regulation 12 of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148).

Part 1 Provisions relating to Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017

1 Reconciliation of levy for year ending 30 June 2017

The levy for the 2016/17 financial year is payable in accordance with these regulations as they were immediately before the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 came into force.

2 Reconciliation of levy for year ending 30 June 2017

Reconciliations for the 2016/17 financial year must be done under these regulations as they were immediately before the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 came into force.

3 Levy for year ending 30 June 2018 and subsequent years

(1)

The levy for the 2017/18 financial year and subsequent years is payable in accordance with these regulations as amended by the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017.

(2)

However, the levy rate for the 2017/18 financial year must be calculated by the Authority under these regulations as they were immediately before the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 came into force.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 16 December 2010.

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Regulations 2010 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.

2 Legal status

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4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2017 (LI 2017/148)

Electricity Industry (Levy of Industry Participants) Amendment Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/134)