Code & Compliance

Act and Regulations

The Electricity Industry Act 2010 allows us to amend the Code and sets out the process we must follow.

• How the Act, Code and Regulations fit together
• Part 3 of the Act and Part 6A and Schedule 6A.1 of the Code
• Regulations

The Code

• Documents incorporated into the Code by reference
• Historical versions of the Code
• Amendments
• Code exemptions
• How the Code maps to the Electricity Governance Rules
• Approved Systems Document
• 2.16 Notices

Undesirable trading situation (UTS)

In the electricity market, a UTS is an extraordinary event that has threatened the integrity of the wholesale market.

• What is an undesirable trading situation?
• How to make a claim
• UTS claims and decisions

Compliance

We're responsible for ensuring industry participants comply with the Regulations and the Code.

• Transparency statement
• About compliance
• Our Compliance Strategy
• Compliance monitoring
• Compliance education and information
• Compliance framework
• Compliance database
• How to allege a breach
• Code breach process
• Current investigations
• Decisions
• Compliance case studies
• Enforcement policy
• Prosecution policy
• Breach statistics and analysis
• Compliance approach: Cyclone Gabrielle response and recovery

Rulings Panel

The Rulings Panel assists in the enforcement of the Code by dealing with complaints, appeals and disputes under the Code.

High Court Decisions

This page contains details of High Court Decisions relating to the Authority's compliance function.