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GAS SUPPLY ACT 1996 - SECT 75A
Regulatory functions of Tribunal
75A Regulatory functions of Tribunal
(1) The regulatory functions of the Tribunal under this Act are-- (a) the
function of making recommendations under subsection (2), and
(b) the function
of monitoring and reporting under subsections (3) and (3A), and
(c) the
function of imposing monetary penalties, or requiring other action to be
taken, under section 13A or 42A, and
(d) such other functions of the Tribunal
under this Act as are specified by the regulations for the purposes of this
section.
(2) The Tribunal has the function of making recommendations to the
Minister for or with respect to-- (a) the grant, transfer or cancellation of
an authorisation or licence, and
(b) the imposition, variation or
cancellation of conditions in relation to an authorisation or licence, and
(c) action to be taken, and sanctions to be applied, in respect of a
contravention of the conditions of an authorisation or licence, and
(d) any
remedial action that may be warranted as a result of a contravention of the
conditions of an authorisation or licence.
(3) The Tribunal has the function
of monitoring compliance by the holder of an authorisation or licence with the
conditions of the authorisation or licence.
(3C) As soon as practicable after
30 June (but on or before 31 October) in each year, the Tribunal must prepare
and forward to the Minister a report on the extent to which holders of
authorisations or licences have complied, or failed to comply, with the
conditions imposed on the authorisations or licences held by them during the
12 months ending on 30 June in that year.
(3D) The Minister must lay the
report or cause it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as
practicable after receiving the report.
(3E) If a House of Parliament is not
sitting when the Minister seeks to table the report, the Minister may present
copies of the report to the Clerk of the House concerned.
(3F) The report--
(a) on presentation and for all purposes is taken to have been laid before the
House, and
(b) may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House, and
(c) if printed by authority of the Clerk, is for all purposes taken to be a
report published by or under the authority of the House, and
(d) is to be
recorded-- (i) in the case of the Legislative Council, in the Minutes of the
Proceedings of the Legislative Council, and
(ii) in the case of the
Legislative Assembly, in the Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative
Assembly,
on the first sitting day of the House after receipt of the report by
the Clerk.
(4) Part 4B of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal
Act 1992 applies in relation to the Tribunal's regulatory functions under this
Act.
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