Tasmanian Numbered Acts

ECONOMIC REGULATOR AMENDMENT ACT 2015 (NO. 13 OF 2015) - Act 13 of 2015 - Royal Assent 19 May 2015

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement

   PART 2 - Economic Regulator Act 2009 Amended

   3.      Principal Act
   4.      Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
   5.      Section 6 amended (Declaration of monopoly service)
   6.      Section 9 amended (Tasmanian Economic Regulator)
   7.      Section 11 amended (Powers of Regulator generally)
   8.      Section 12 amended (Power to publish guidelines)
   9.      Section 13 amended (Delegation)
   10.     Part 2, Division 2 substituted
   11.     Section 17 amended (Staff of Regulator)
   12.     Section 18 amended (Assistance and facilities)
   13.     Section 19 amended (Funds)
   14.     Section 20 amended (Costs of monopoly provider investigations)
   15.     Section 21 amended (Financial statements)
   16.     Section 24 amended (Requirement to conduct monopoly provider investigation)
   17.     Section 25 amended (Terms of reference)
   18.     Section 26 amended (Notice of monopoly provider investigation)
   19.     Section 27 amended (Conduct of monopoly provider investigations)
   20.     Section 30 amended (Use of documents or other information)
   21.     Section 32 amended (Limitations on monopoly provider investigation and reporting)
   22.     Section 33 amended (Offences)
   23.     Section 34 amended (Draft report)
   24.     Section 35 amended (Final report)
   25.     Section 37 amended (Action by monopoly provider following pricing policy order)
   26.     Section 39 amended (Direction to conduct prescribed body inquiry)
   27.     Section 40 amended (Conduct of prescribed body inquiry)
   28.     Section 41 amended (Use of documents or other information)
   29.     Section 42 amended (Report on prescribed body inquiry)
   30.     Section 43 amended (Offences)
   31.     Section 44 amended (Direction to conduct taxi fare methodology inquiry)
   32.     Section 45 amended (Conduct of taxi fare methodology inquiry)
   33.     Section 46 amended (Offences)
   34.     Section 47 amended (Report on taxi fare methodology inquiry)
   35.     Section 54 amended (Conduct of complaint investigation)
   36.     Section 56 amended (Use of documents or other information)
   37.     Section 59 repealed
   38.     Section 60 amended (Action by prescribed body on determination)
   39.     Section 60A inserted
   40.     Section 62 amended (Offences)
   41.     Section 68A inserted
   42.     Section 68 amended (Savings and transitional provisions)
   43.     Schedule 1 amended (Certain monopoly providers)
   44.     Schedules 2 , 3 and 4 repealed

   PART 3 - Electricity Supply Industry (Pricing and Related Matters) Regulations 2013 Amended

   45.     Principal Regulations
   46.     Regulation 10 amended (Notice of investigation to be given)
   47.     Regulation 14 amended (Notice to be given of making of price-regulated retail service price determination)
   48.     Regulation 18 amended (Process for amendment or revocation)
   49.     Regulation 22 amended (Notice of investigation to be given)
   50.     Regulation 27 amended (Notice of investigation to be given)
   51.     Regulation 31 amended (Notice to be given of intention to make declaration of declared electrical services)
   52.     Regulation 35 amended (Regulator to consider, before expiry of existing determination, whether to revoke declaration)
   53.     Regulation 37 amended (Notice of investigation to be given)
   54.     Regulation 42 amended (Notice to be given of making of declared electrical service price determination)
   55.     Regulation 46 amended (Process for making of amendment or revocation)
   56.     Regulation 47C amended (Notice of investigation to be given)
   57.     Regulation 47F amended (Notice of making of feed-in tariff rate determination)
   58.     Regulation 47J amended (Process for amendment or revocation)
   59.     Regulation 54 amended (Final report)

   PART 4 - Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 Amended

   60.     Principal Act
   61.     Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
   62.     Section 6 amended (Regulator's functions and powers)
   63.     Section 7 inserted
   64.     Sections 10A , 10B and 10C inserted
   65.     Section 12 amended (Advisory committees)
   66.     Section 43A amended (Regulator may charge for certain expenses)
   67.     Section 99 amended (Powers of Regulator or workplace health and safety Secretary on review)
   68.     Section 116A amended (Regulator or workplace health and safety Secretary may take court action on behalf of customer)

   PART 5 - Energy Ombudsman Act 1998 Amended

   69.     Principal Act
   70.     Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
   71.     Section 39B amended (Review of apportionment in budget)

   PART 6 - Gas Act 2000 Amended

   72.     Principal Act
   73.     Section 8 amended (Functions of Regulator)
   74.     Sections 8A and 8B inserted
   75.     Section 11 amended (Delegation)
   76.     Section 26 amended (Licence term and renewal)
   77.     Section 30 amended (Licences conferring exclusive franchise)

   PART 7 - Gas Pipelines Act 2000 Amended

   78.     Principal Act
   79.     Sections 7 and 7A inserted
   80.     Section 11 amended (Application for pipeline licence)
   81.     Section 42 amended (Public notification to be given in Gazette, &c.)

   PART 8 - Metro Tasmania Act 1997 Amended

   82.     Principal Act
   83.     Part 3A inserted

   PART 9 - Urban Drainage Act 2013 Amended

   84.     Principal Act
   85.     Section 8 amended (Provision where commercial arrangements cannot be agreed)

   PART 10 - Water and Sewerage Industry (Pricing and Related Matters) Regulations 2011 Amended

   86.     Principal Regulations
   87.     Regulation 23 amended (Notice of investigation)

   PART 11 - Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008 Amended

   88.     Principal Act
   89.     Section 8 amended (Minister or Regulator may establish committees)
   90.     Section 14 amended (Delegation of Regulator's functions and powers)
   91.     Section 22 amended (Review, amendment and replacement of codes)
   92.     Section 67 amended (General provisions relating to determinations)
   93.     Section 70 amended (State of the industry report)
   94.     Section 80 amended (Grounds for review)

   PART 12 - Miscellaneous

   95.     Consequential amendments of regulations do not prevent subsequent amendment
   96.     Repeal of Act