(1)  Before conducting a declared electrical service pricing investigation, the Regulator –

(a) is to give to the Minister notice in writing of the investigation (a notice of declared electrical service pricing investigation ); and

(b) is to give a copy of the notice to the electricity provider providing the declared electrical service to which the investigation is to relate; and

(c) is to publish a copy of the notice in the daily Tasmanian newspapers that the Regulator considers appropriate.

(2)  A notice of declared electrical service pricing investigation that relates to a declaration of a declared electrical service is to specify –

(a) the purpose of the investigation; and

(b) the period within which, and the form in which, submissions may be made to the Regulator; and

(c) the matters that the Regulator would like submissions to address; and

(d) the day by which the Regulator is to complete the declared electrical service pricing investigation by providing a final report under regulation 14(1)(b) .

(3)  Before conducting a declared electrical service pricing investigation, the Regulator is to publish on a website of the Regulator, for a period of not less than 6 months, a copy of the notice of declared electrical service pricing investigation in relation to the investigation.

(4)  The Regulator may amend a notice of declared electrical service pricing investigation by notice in writing, setting out the amendment, given to the Minister and the electricity provider providing the declared electrical service to which the investigation relates.

(5)  The Regulator may not amend under subregulation (4) the purpose specified, in accordance with subregulation (2)(a) , in a notice of declared electrical service pricing investigation.

(6)  If the Regulator amends under subregulation (4) a notice of declared electrical service pricing investigation, the Regulator is to –

(a) give notice of the amendment in the daily Tasmanian newspapers that the Regulator considers appropriate; and

(b) ensure that a copy of the notice given under subregulation (4) is available, for viewing and downloading by a member of the public, at a website of the Regulator, for a period of not less than 6 months.