After section 26(1) of the Gas Industry Act 2001 insert —
"(1A) The Commission may refuse to grant an application for the issue of a licence if the applicant is a failed retailer or an associate of a failed retailer.
(1B) Without limiting subsection (1A), the Commission may refuse to grant an application for the issue of a licence until the applicant pays a proportion or the whole of the costs of a prior RoLR event as determined by the AER under section 170 of the National Energy Retail Law (Victoria).".