Victorian Numbered Acts

ESSENTIAL SERVICES COMMISSION AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO. 15 OF 2008) - SECT 16

    (1)     In section 38(1)(a) of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 for "44" substitute "37A".

    (2)     After section 38(1) of the Essential Services Commission Act 2001 insert —

    "(1A)     Before the Commission makes a decision under subsection (2), the Commission must—

        (a)     give the person giving the information or document an opportunity to make a submission to the Commission specifying—

              (i)     why the information or document is of a confidential or commercially-sensitive nature; and

              (ii)     the detriment that would be caused by the disclosure of the information or document; and

        (b)     consider any submission made by that person.".