Victorian Numbered Acts

ENERGY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CONSUMER PROTECTION) ACT 2015 (NO. 49 OF 2015) - SECT 20

After section 32 of the Gas Industry Act 2001 insert —

        "     33     Condition to give information to Commission

    (1)     A licence to sell gas by retail is taken to include a condition requiring the licensee to comply with this section.

    (2)     The licensee must give to the Commission, for the purpose of enabling the Commission to perform its functions under Subdivision 3 of Division 2 of Part 7 of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 , the information specified by the Commission in the guidelines issued under subsection (4).

    (3)     The licensee must give to the Commission the information referred to in subsection (2) in the manner and form (including by the date or dates) specified in the guidelines issued under subsection (4).

    (4)     The Commission must prepare and issue guidelines for the purposes of this section.

        34     Condition relating to advertising of enforcement action taken against licensee

    (1)     A licence is taken to include a condition requiring the licensee, at the direction of the Commission, to publish a notice, approved by the Commission, containing the things set out in subsection (2) in a daily newspaper generally circulating in Victoria within the period specified by the Commission.

    (2)     A notice published under subsection (1) must contain the following things—

        (a)     a statement that enforcement action has been taken in respect of the licensee;

        (b)     an explanation of the nature of the enforcement action;

        (c)     the reason for the enforcement action;

        (d)     the status of any proceeding commenced, or action taken, in relation to the enforcement action.

    (3)     In this section—

"enforcement action" has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 .".