Correspondence Regarding The Proposed National Electricity Law Amendment.

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This disclosure contains internal DCCEEW correspondence from May-June 2024 regarding procedural steps for amending the National Electricity Law (NEL). The emails discuss the workflow for obtaining drafting instructions approval through the Energy Council Standing Officials Group (ECSOG), securing a private legal drafter through the Parliamentary Counsel's Committee, and progressing a consultation paper. Key constraint identified: as a jurisdictional entity rather than market body, DCCEEW cannot engage private drafting services and must wait for ECSOG approval of drafting instructions before a drafter can be assigned. Timeline discussed suggests potential parliamentary introduction by end of 2024 if approval occurred in September. The disclosure contains heavily redacted sender and recipient details under section 22(1)(a)(ii). Substantive policy content regarding the NEL amendment itself is not visible in provided excerpts.