Victorian Current Acts

ESSENTIAL SERVICES COMMISSION ACT 2001 - SECT 35D

    (1)     Subject to this section, if the Commission has been provided with sufficient information, the Commission must make a determination relating to a third party infrastructure access regime within 6 months after receiving the application or proposal.

    (2)     The Commission may in accordance with subsection (3) suspend the time limit applying under subsection (1) for a period not exceeding 2 months if—

        (a)     the Commission does not have sufficient information and any reasonable request for further information has not been complied with; or

        (b)     further time is required to enable consultation with third parties and the public; or

        (c)     any other ground specified in the guidelines applies.

    (3)     If the Commission proposes to suspend the time limit applying under subsection (1), the Commission must—

        (a)     notify—

              (i)     the Minister and the parties by notice in writing; and

              (ii)     the public by a notice published in a daily newspaper circulating generally in Victoria;

        (b)     specify in the notice—

              (i)     the reason why the time limit is being suspended; and

              (ii)     the date by which the Commission proposes to use its best endeavours to make a decision on the application or proposal.

    (4)     The Commission may suspend the time limit applying under subsection (1) by a further period not exceeding 2 months if the Commission—

        (a)     first obtains the approval of the Minister; and

        (b)     complies with subsection (3).

    (5)     Despite subsection (2)(a), the Commission may make a determination within the time limit applying under subsection (1) on the information available to the Commission if the service provider of a significant infrastructure facility has not provided the further information requested within the specified period.

Pt 4 (Heading and ss 36– 39) amended by Nos 49/2002 s. 21, 15/2008 ss 6(3), 12– 16, 40/2011 s. 24, 58/2012 ss 93, 135, 21/2019 ss 5, 16, substituted as Pt 4 (Headings and ss 36– 39J) by No. 41/2021 s. 5.

Part 4—Information gathering notices

Division 1—Information gathering notices

S. 36 substituted by No. 41/2021 s. 5.