Electricity Companies (Transitional Price Control) Order 1998

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 1 July 1998

This order is administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order –

(a) provides for maximum charges imposed by the Hydro-Electric Corporation and Aurora Energy Pty Ltd until 31 December 1999 in connection with the sale and supply of electricity; and

(b) for those charges to be determined by reference to an inflationary factor.

This order is of a transitional nature and repeats the maximum charges that were specified in the Government Prices Oversight (Electricity Prices) Order 1996 , applying those maximum charges, as appropriate, to the Hydro-Electric Corporation or Aurora Energy Pty Ltd, or both.