(1)  In this regulation, each of the following is a relevant activity of the Regulator in respect of a declared electrical service provided by an electricity provider:

(a) the making or amending of a declaration of a declared electrical service that is provided by the electricity provider;

(b) the conduct and reporting of a declared electrical service pricing investigation in relation to a declared electrical service provided by the electricity provider, and the giving, or publication, of any notice required under these regulations to be given in relation to such an investigation or report;

(c) the making or amending of a declared electrical service price determination in relation to a declared electrical service that is provided by the electricity provider and the publishing of a copy of the determination or amendment under regulation 18 .

(2)  The Regulator may send a notice of expenses to an electricity provider in relation to a relevant activity of the Regulator.

(3)  A notice of expenses to an electricity provider in relation to a relevant activity of the Regulator is a notice specifying –

(a) the amount of the expenses determined by the Regulator to be payable by the electricity provider in respect of all or part of the expenses, reasonably incurred by the Regulator, arising from a relevant activity of the Regulator in respect of a declared electrical service provided by the electricity provider; and

(b) the date on or before which the expenses are to be paid by the electricity provider.

(4)  In determining an amount to be specified in a notice of expenses in relation to a relevant activity of the Regulator, the Regulator is to fairly apportion the total of the expenses, reasonably incurred by the Regulator, arising from the activity, between all electricity providers that provide the declared electrical service to which the activity relates.

(5)  A date specified in a notice to an electricity provider in accordance with subregulation (3)(b) is not to be earlier than 30 days after the notice is sent to the electricity provider.

(6)  An electricity provider to which an expenses notice is sent is liable to pay, to the Regulator, on or before the date specified in the notice as the date by which the amount is to be paid, the amount of the expenses specified in the notice.

(7)  The Regulator may recover in a court of competent jurisdiction, as a debt due and owing, an amount an electricity provider is liable to pay under subregulation (6) .