Electricity Supply Industry Concession Amendment Order 2023

Electricity Supply Industry Concession Amendment Order 2023

I make the following order under section 43D of the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 .

26 June 2023

MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON

Treasurer

1.   Short title

This order may be cited as the Electricity Supply Industry Concession Amendment Order 2023 .

2.   Commencement

This order takes effect on 1 July 2023.

3.   Principal Order

In this order, the Electricity Supply Industry Concession Order 2016 is referred to as the Principal Order.

4.    Clause 5 amended (Medical cooling or heating concession)

Clause 5(8) of the Principal Order is amended by omitting "47.163" and substituting "51.648".

5.    Clause 7 amended (Annual electricity concession)

Clause 7 of the Principal Order is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from subclause (9) "157.460" and substituting "172.434";

(b) by omitting subclauses (10) , (11) and (12) .

6.    Schedule 1 substituted

Schedule 1 to the Principal Order is revoked and the following Schedule is substituted:

SCHEDULE 1 - Concessions in Respect of Life Support Systems

Clause 4(8)

	Life support machine	Daily discount amount
1.	Oxygen concentrator	127.806 cents
2.	Peritoneal dialysis machine	94.825 cents
3.	Haemo-dialysis machine	94.825 cents
4.	Chronic positive pressure and airways regulator	45.350 cents
5.	Continuous positive airways pressure machine	45.350 cents
6.	Respirator (iron lung)	169.033 cents
7.	Combination oxygen concentrator and chronic positive pressure and airways regulator	173.156 cents
8.	Phototherapy machine	240.845 cents
9.	Left ventricular assist device	45.350 cents

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

Notified in the Gazette on 30 June 2023

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the order)

This order amends the Electricity Supply Industry Concession Order 2016 by –

(a) increasing the daily amounts for the medical cooling or heating concession, the annual electricity concession and the daily life support concessions; and

(b) removing spent provisions relating to the Winter Bill Buster discount.