Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 3)1
Statutory Rules 2002 No. 3392
I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000.
Dated 19 December 2002
PETER HOLLINGWORTH
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
DAVID KEMP
Minister for the Environment and Heritage

Contents
	1	Name of Regulations	2
	2	Commencement	2
	3	Amendment of Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001	2
Schedule 1	Amendment taken to have commenced on 27 August 2002	3
Schedule 2	Amendments commencing on 1 January 2003	4

1	Name of Regulations
		These Regulations are the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Regulations 2002 (No. 3).
2	Commencement
		These Regulations commence, or are taken to have commenced, as follows:
	(a)	on 27 August 2002 — regulations 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;
	(b)	on 1 January 2003 — Schedule 2.
3	Amendment of Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001
		Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001.

Schedule 1	Amendment taken to have commenced on 27 August 2002
(regulation 3)
  
[1]	Paragraph 3 (4) (a)
substitute
	(a)	the manufacturer has applied for product certification of the heat pump water heater to:
	(i)	Australian Standard 2712-1993, as in force on 1 January 2001; or
	(ii)	Australian Standard 2712-2002, as in force on 27 August 2002; and

Schedule 2	Amendments commencing on 1 January 2003
(regulation 3)
  
[1]	Subregulation 3 (1), definition of heat pump water heater
omit
[2]	Subparagraph 3 (3) (b) (i)
omit
Australian Standard 2712-1993, as in force on 1 January 2001;
insert
Australian Standard 2712-2002, as in force on 27 August 2002;
[3]	Subparagraph 3 (3) (b) (ii)
omit
Australian Standard 2712-1993, as in force on 1 January 2001.
insert
Australian Standard 2712-2002, as in force on 27 August 2002.
[4]	Subregulation 3 (4)
substitute
	(4)	Despite paragraph (3) (b), a solar water heater of a kind mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 7 is, on and after 1 July 2003, taken not to have been given product certification or component certification (as the case may be), if the documentation relating to the solar water heater does not state that the solar water heater satisfies the requirements for certification to the Standard mentioned in that paragraph.
[5]	Paragraph 23 (b)
omit
0.62%.
insert
0.62%; and
[6]	After paragraph 23 (b)
insert
	(c)	for 2003 — 0.88%.
Notes
1.	These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 2001 No. 2, as amended by 2001 No. 219; 2002 Nos. 48 and 232.
2.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 20 December 2002.