Australian Capital Territory
Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated Utility Service) Regulation 2016
Subordinate Law SL2016-2

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014.
Dated 11 February 2016.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Meegan Fitzharris
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated Utility Service) Regulation 2016
Subordinate Law SL2016-2
made under the
Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014

    
    
Contents
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	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Dictionary	1
	4	Notes	1
	5	Regulated utility service—Act, s 10 (1)	1
	6	Regulated utility network and infrastructure—Act, s 10 (2)	2
Dictionary		3

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Utilities (Technical Regulation) (Light Rail—Regulated Utility Service) Regulation 2016.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1	The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in this regulation.
Note 2	A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).
4	Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.
Note	See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5	Regulated utility service—Act, s 10 (1) 
The supply of electricity from a light rail network is a regulated utility service.
Note 	A person who provides a service that is a regulated utility service is a regulated utility (see Act, s 8).
6	Regulated utility network and infrastructure—Act, s 10 (2)
	(1)	A light rail network, and the infrastructure it consists of, is a regulated utility network for the regulated utility service mentioned in section 5.
	(2)	A light rail network consists of the following infrastructure: 
	(a)	a network to supply electricity to rolling stock and associated infrastructure, including rail tracks; 
	(b)	substations and facilities to supply and regulate power to the network; 
	(c)	any electrical zone related to the effect of stray current or the management of the effect of electrical current; 
	(d)	any other thing ancillary to any other part of the infrastructure.
Example—par (c)—management of effect of electrical current
cathodic protection
Note	An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
	(3)	To remove any doubt, infrastructure mentioned in subsection (2) does not include rolling stock.

Dictionary
(see s 3)
Note 1	The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.
Note 2	For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following term:
·	person (see s 160).
Note 3	Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014 (see Legislation Act, s 148).  For example, the following term is defined in the Utilities (Technical Regulation) Act 2014, dict:
·	regulated utility service (see s 9).

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 15 February 2016.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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