Code amendments

Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (Definition of Disclosure Information) 2021 - expired


Explanatory note

This amendment to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (Code) comes into force on 6 April 2021 and expires on 5 January 2022.

The amendment makes a change to Part 1 of the Code to amend paragraph (c) of the definition of "disclosure information" by replacing the word "will" with the words "is likely to". The effect of this amendment is to lower the threshold for determining whether information is disclosure information for the purposes of the wholesale electricity market disclosure provisions in clause 13.2A of the Code from the threshold used by the Electricity Rulings Panel in its decision Haast Energy Trading Ltd v Genesis Energy Ltd.


Legislative information

Title Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (Definition of Disclosure Information) 2021 - expired
Principal or amendment Amendment
Consolidated version No
Empowering Act and provisions Electricity Industry Act 2010, section 40
Replacement empowering Act and provisions Not applicable
Maker name Electricity Authority
Administering agency Electricity Authority
Date made 16 March 2021
Notification date 25 March 2021
Commencement date 6 April 2021
End date 5 January 2022
Consolidation as at date Not applicable
Related instruments Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010