1. Under section 38 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010, and having complied with section 39 of that Act, the Electricity Authority gives notice of making the Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (System Operation Documents) 2023 (“amendment”).

2. The amendment comes into force on 1 August 2023.

3. This amendment makes a variety of improvements to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) that the Electricity Authority has identified either in the course of its work or as a result of suggestions received through the Authority’s Code amendment request process.

4. The changes include:

1. Creating a new definition for system operation documents in Part 1 of the Code.
2. Creating new clauses to govern the initiation of reviews, consultation, amendment, and approval processes of system operation documents incorporated by reference.
3. Revoking the separate clauses governing the initiation of reviews, amendment, consultation, and approval processes of each of the individual system operation documents from other parts of the Code.
4. Amending existing clauses that refer to repealed provisions of the Act, including those clauses not related to system operation documents.

5. The amendment is secondary legislation for the purpose of the Legislation Act 2019 and is administered by the Authority.

6. A copy of the amendment and the Code is available on the Electricity Authority’s website http://www.ea.govt.nz/code-and-compliance/the-code/.

7. A copy of the amendment and the Code may also be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Authority, Level 7, Aon Centre, 1 Willis Street, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of June 2023.

Dr NICOLA LANE CRAUFORD, Chair, Electricity Authority.