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UTILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 46

Review of licence conditions

    (1)     ICRC may review a licence at any time to determine whether the licence conditions are appropriate for achieving ICRC's objects under this Act.

    (2)     ICRC must give public notice of a proposed review.

Note     Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1).

    (3)     The notice must state the following matters:

        (a)     ICRC's objects under this Act;

        (b)     the purpose of the review;

        (c)     the identity of the utility;

        (d)     the utility services to which the licence relates;

        (e)     where a copy of the licence may be inspected;

        (f)     where submissions in relation to the review should be lodged;

        (g)     the closing date for submissions, that is at least 28 days after the day on which the notice is published.

    (4)     For a review, ICRC must ensure that the utility has a reasonable opportunity—

        (a)     to examine submissions lodged with ICRC in accordance with the public notice; and

        (b)     to make representations to ICRC about any matter raised in the submissions.

    (5)     ICRC must not finish a review unless it has—

        (a)     given the utility and each person who made a submission in accordance with the public notice a written statement of its expected findings and supporting reasons and the action (if any) that ICRC proposes to take because of the review; and

        (b)     allowed the utility and each such person a reasonable opportunity to make further representations to ICRC; and

        (c)     considered the matters raised in all the submissions and representations duly made to ICRC.

    (6)     When ICRC finishes a review, it must—

        (a)     give the utility a written statement of its findings and supporting reasons and the action (if any) taken by ICRC because of the review; and

        (b)     give public notice of the findings of the review and the place where a record of the statement is available for public inspection.

Note     Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1).



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