Australian Capital Territory
Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement Regulation 2017
Subordinate Law SL2017-41

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement Act 2012.
Dated 11 December 2017.
Shane Rattenbury
Minister
Mick Gentleman
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement Regulation 2017
Subordinate Law SL2017-41
made under the
Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement Act 2012

    

Contents
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	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Notes	1
	4	Prescribed classes of people—Act, dict, def priority household, par (d)	1

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement Regulation 2017.
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on 1 January 2018.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	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.
4	Prescribed classes of people—Act, dict, def priority household, par (d)
	(1)	The following classes are prescribed:
	(a)	holders of a Commonwealth seniors health card;
	(b)	holders of a Commonwealth low income health care card;
	(c)	recipients of a Commonwealth disability support pension;
	(d)	people accessing an energy retailer’s hardship program (however described);
Note	Energy is defined in the Act, dictionary, to include electricity and gas.
	(e)	people referred to a NERL retailer by a referring organisation for access to eligible activities carried out by the retailer;
Note	Eligible activity—see the Act, dictionary.
NERL retailer—see the Act, dictionary.
	(f)	people living in a priority dwelling.
	(2)	In this section:
priority dwelling means the following:
	(a)	a public housing property managed by Housing ACT;
	(b)	a property provided by a registered community housing provider;
	(c)	a property used for providing accommodation or tenancy support by a registered provider of supports under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth);
	(d)	a property used for providing residential care under the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cwlth) if both of the following apply:
	(i)	the residential care is provided by an approved provider under that Act;
	(ii)	the approved provider is a registered entity under the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Act 2012 (Cwlth).
referring organisation includes the following:
	(a)	ACAT; 
	(b)	Care Inc.;
	(c)	St Vincent de Paul Society;
	(d)	The Salvation Army.
Note	ACAT—see the Legislation Act, dictionary, pt 1.
registered community housing provider—see the Community Housing Providers National Law (ACT), section 4 (1).
registered provider of supports—see the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth), section 9.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 18 December 2017.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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