Water Industry Competition (Access to Infrastructure Services) Regulation 2021.
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Type of law
Regulation
Abstract
The Regulation is divided in 13 sections and regulates the access to infrastructure service. For the purposes of the Water Industry Competition Act 2006 (the Act), section 25(1)(b), the following persons are prescribed as persons from whom submissions are to be invited in relation to a coverage application for an infrastructure service— (a) the service provider for the service, except where the application has been made by the service provider, (b) the Minister administering the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, (c) the Minister administering the Public Health Act 2010, (d) the Minister administering the Water Industry Competition Act 2006, Part 3, and, if a different Minister administers Part 2 of that Act, also that Minister, (e) the Minister administering the Water Management Act 2000.
For the purposes of the Act, Schedule 2, section 4(b), IPART must have regard to the provisions of this section in determining whether or not the parties to a dispute have, in good faith, attempted to resolve the dispute by negotiation, as referred to in the Act, section 40(2). (2) Within 14 days after receiving a request from an access seeker for information under this subsection, a service provider that provides an infrastructure service that is the subject of a coverage declaration or access undertaking must make the following information available to the access seeker: (a) a list of the services provided by the service provider, as described in the relevant coverage declaration or access undertaking, (b) information about the procedure to be followed to obtain access to each of the services, and the time it is likely to take to negotiate access, assuming the matter does not go to arbitration, (c) a copy of IPART’s negotiation protocols, together with a statement to the effect that, unless otherwise agreed between the parties, the protocols will apply to the negotiations for access to the service, (d) the information required by IPART’s negotiation protocols to be provided, (e) other information the service provider considers appropriate.
For the purposes of the Act, Schedule 2, section 4(b), IPART must have regard to the provisions of this section in determining whether or not the parties to a dispute have, in good faith, attempted to resolve the dispute by negotiation, as referred to in the Act, section 40(2). (2) Within 14 days after receiving a request from an access seeker for information under this subsection, a service provider that provides an infrastructure service that is the subject of a coverage declaration or access undertaking must make the following information available to the access seeker: (a) a list of the services provided by the service provider, as described in the relevant coverage declaration or access undertaking, (b) information about the procedure to be followed to obtain access to each of the services, and the time it is likely to take to negotiate access, assuming the matter does not go to arbitration, (c) a copy of IPART’s negotiation protocols, together with a statement to the effect that, unless otherwise agreed between the parties, the protocols will apply to the negotiations for access to the service, (d) the information required by IPART’s negotiation protocols to be provided, (e) other information the service provider considers appropriate.
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Repealed
No
Source language
English
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