(1) This regulation applies if, after receiving the ACCC's advice in respect of a proposal to make, amend or revoke water charge rules, the Minister intends to proceed with the proposal.
(2) The Minister must publish on the Department's Internet site a notice which includes the following:
(a) a statement that the Minister proposes to make, amend or revoke (as the case may be), water charge rules under subsection 92(1) of the Act;
(b) a copy of the proposed rules;
(c) a summary of the proposed rules;
(d) a copy of the advice provided by the ACCC.
(3) The Minister must publish a notice which includes the following:
(a) a statement that the Minister proposes to make, amend or revoke (as the case may be), water charge rules under subsection 92(1) of the Act;
(b) a statement that a copy of the proposed rules, a summary of the proposed rules, and a copy of the ACCC's advice is published at the Department's Internet site;
(c) the Internet address at which the proposed rules are published.
(4) The notice required under subregulation (3) must be published in:
(a) a nationally circulating newspaper; and
(b) for each Basin State, in a newspaper with an agribusiness focus circulating in the Basin State.
(5) The notices required under subregulations (2) and (3) may be combined with the following notices:
(a) if subregulation 4.03(1) applies--a notice under subregulation 4.03(2);
(b) if subregulation 4.06(1), (2) or (3) applies--a notice under the appropriate subregulation.
(6) The Minister must give the notices required under this regulation:
(a) if the Minister is required to undertake consultations under regulation 4.03--not less than 4 weeks before the proposed rules, amendments or revocations are made; or
(b) if the Minister is required to undertake consultations under subregulations 4.06(1), (2) or (3)--not less than 8 weeks before the proposed rules are made, amended or revoked; or
(c) if the Minister is not required to undertake those consultations because the ACCC has consulted as described in regulation 4.05--not less than 4 weeks before the proposed rules are made, amended or revoked.