The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

Pursuant to section 13(2)(c) of the Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Act 1989, Her Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Gas services are services to which section 13 of Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Act 1989 applies
	Explanatory note
	Gazette Information
	Notes

Order

1 Title

This order is the Energy Services (Gas) Order 2003.

2 Commencement

This order comes into force on 31 March 2003.

3 Gas services are services to which section 13 of Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Act 1989 applies

(1)

Gas services are declared to be services to which section 13 of the Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Act 1989 applies.

(2)

In this clause, gas services includes services in connection with either or both gas transmission or gas distribution.

Marie Shroff,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 31 March 2003, declares gas services (including services in connection with gas transmission and gas distribution) to be services to which section 13 of the Ministry of Energy (Abolition) Act 1989 applies.

This order will allow the Minister of Energy to exercise and perform, in relation to gas services, all of the powers and duties conferred on the Minister of Commerce under sections 53, 54, and 56 of the Commerce Act 1986 (the Act). These powers include the power to request the Commerce Commission to report to the Minister on whether or not an Order in Council under section 53 of the Act (which relates to the imposition of control) should be made, amended, or revoked.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2019.

Date of notification in Gazette: 27 March 2003.

Notes

1 General

This is a consolidation of the Energy Services (Gas) Order 2003 that incorporates the amendments made to the legislation so that it shows the law as at its stated date.

2 Legal status

A consolidation is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments. This presumption applies unless the contrary is shown.

Section 78 of the Legislation Act 2019 provides that this consolidation, published as an electronic version, is an official version. A printed version of legislation that is produced directly from this official electronic version is also an official version.

3 Editorial and format changes

The Parliamentary Counsel Office makes editorial and format changes to consolidations using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. See also PCO editorial conventions for consolidations.

4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Electricity Industry Act 2010 (2010 No 116): section 158

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