On 16 January 2020 the AEMC released draft rules for consultation to give effect to the regulatory sandbox toolkit, established in the AEMC's Regulatory sandbox; arrangements to support proof-of-concept trials final report.
The final report recommends establishing a innovation enquiry service, to be coordinated by the AER, a new power for the AER to waive obligations under the rules to support sandboxed regulatory trials, and a new trial rule change process, to be administered by the AEMC.
The AER provided its submission on 20 February 2020.
AER - Submission on regulatory sandboxing draft rules consultation - 20 February 2020