Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Regulations may be
made under section 86 providing for the arbitrator to have the function of
hearing and determining disputes of a kind provided for in the regulations,
being disputes —
(a)
connected with or arising out of contracts for —
(i)
the distribution, transportation or supply of gas; or
(ii)
access to gas pipeline systems;
and
(b) not
otherwise provided for by section 73(1).
(2) Regulations
referred to in subsection (1) may provide, in relation to the arbitrator
—
(a) for
any matter of the kind mentioned in subsection (3) of section 95 of the
Gas Corporation Act 1994 1 (as enacted immediately before the repeal of that
Act), other than paragraph (d) and (i)(iia) of that subsection; and
(b) for
the function of hearing and determining prescribed disputes to be exclusive of
the jurisdiction of courts and other tribunals.
(3) Regulations
referred to in subsection (1) may make provision for and in relation to the
imposition and payment of fees and charges in connection with the performance
of functions the arbitrator has under those regulations.
(4) If it is
inappropriate to prescribe a set fee or charge in connection with the
performance of a particular function the regulations may provide for the
method of calculating the fee or charge, including calculation according to
the cost of performing that function.
[Section 74 amended: No. 58 of 1999 s. 96; No. 16
of 2009 s. 43.]