2010 No 724

New South Wales

Gas Supply (Natural Gas Retail Competition) Amendment (Marketing Code of Conduct) Regulation 2010
under the

Gas Supply Act 1996

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Gas Supply Act 1996.

PAUL LYNCH, MP Minister for Energy

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to update the information that is required to be included in a disclosure notice provided by a gas supplier who enters into a negotiated customer contract with a small retail customer, in light of new provisions in the Gas Supply Act 1996 that facilitate retail price disclosure and comparison. The new requirement is that the disclosure notice must include information about the availability of pricing information published by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal in accordance with the Gas Supply Act 1996. This Regulation is made under the Gas Supply Act 1996, including sections 11 and 83 (the general regulation-making power).

Published LW 17 December 2010

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2010 No 724
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Gas Supply (Natural Gas Retail Competition) Amendment (Marketing Code of Conduct) Regulation 2010

Gas Supply (Natural Gas Retail Competition) Amendment (Marketing Code of Conduct) Regulation 2010
under the

Gas Supply Act 1996
1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Gas Supply (Natural Gas Retail Competition) Amendment (Marketing Code of Conduct) Regulation 2010.
2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 January 2011 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
3 Amendment of Gas Supply (Natural Gas Retail Competition) Regulation 2001
Clause 50 Information to be provided to small retail customers about contracts

Omit "how the terms of the contract differ from that standard form customer contract" from clause 50 (2A) (f). Insert instead "the availability of pricing information published by the Tribunal in accordance with section 76A of the Act".

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