(1)  After considering any submission made under regulation 13(6) in relation to a declared electrical service pricing investigation, the Regulator is to –

(a) prepare a final report in respect of the declared electrical service pricing investigation; and

(b) provide a copy of the final report to –

(i) the Minister; and

(ii) the electricity provider providing the declared electrical service to which the declared electrical service pricing investigation relates; and

(c) publish, in the daily Tasmanian newspapers that the Regulator considers appropriate, notice that a copy of the report –

(i) may, on payment of the relevant fee in respect of such a copy, be obtained at a place specified in the notice; and

(ii) may be viewed and downloaded at a website specified in the notice.

(2)  The final report is to –

(a) be provided under subregulation (1)(b) before the day specified in the notice under regulation 8(2)(d) ; and

(b) be consistent with the Act and any regulations under the Act; and

(c) report in relation to –

(i) the appropriate prices that, during the period specified in the report, may be charged by; or

(ii) the appropriate price control mechanisms to be imposed, during the period specified in the report, on –

an electricity provider that provides the declared electrical service to which the declared electrical service pricing investigation relates.

(3)  As soon as practicable after the final report is completed, the Regulator is to ensure that –

(a) a copy of the final report –

(i) may be obtained, in an electronic form contained in a disk or other portable object, by a member of the public, on payment of the relevant fee, if any, for such a copy; and

(ii) may be obtained, in a paper form, by a member of the public, on payment of the relevant fee, if any, for such a copy; and

(b) a copy of the final report is available, for viewing and downloading by a member of the public, at a website of the Regulator, until the end of the period for which the declared electrical service price determination, made in respect of the declared electrical service to which the report relates, remains in force.

(4)  The relevant fee in respect of a copy is a fee determined by the Regulator under subregulation (5) in respect of such a copy.

(5)  The Regulator may determine an amount to be a relevant fee in respect of a copy of a final report, but only if the amount is not more than the cost to the Regulator of making the copy.