(1) For subsection 44ZZR(2) of the Act, the following provisions of these Regulations apply to a merits review conducted by the Tribunal:
(a) regulations 17, 18, 19 and 21;
(b) regulation 22;
(d) regulations 22A, 23 and 25;
(e) subregulation 26(1A);
(f) regulation 28M;
(h) regulation 28P.
(2) For the purposes of applying regulation 28M to a merits review conducted by the Tribunal under a State/Territory energy law or a designated Commonwealth energy law:
(a) treat the references in the regulation to a review hearing and a review as references to a merits review conducted by the Tribunal under a State/Territory energy law or a designated Commonwealth energy law; and
(b) treat the references in the regulation to a determination as references to a decision that is subject to that merits review; and
(c) disregard the reference in subregulation 28M(1) to an access dispute; and
(d) treat the references to the dispute as references to the matter that is the subject of that merits review.