Tasmanian Numbered Acts

ECONOMIC REGULATOR ACT 2009 (NO. 58 OF 2009)

- Act 58 of 2009
- Royal Assent 30 November 2009

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation
   4.      Maximum prices defined
   5.      Declaration of service
   6.      Declaration of monopoly service
   7.      Act binds Crown
   8.      Inconsistency between this Act and another Act

   PART 2 - Tasmanian Economic Regulator

           Division 1 - Tasmanian Economic Regulator

   9.      Tasmanian Economic Regulator
   10.     Functions of Regulator
   11.     Powers of Regulator generally
   12.     Power to publish guidelines
   13.     Delegation
   14.     Regulator not subject to Ministerial control

           Division 2 - Membership of Regulator

   15.     Membership of Regulator
   16.     Acting member of Regulator

           Division 3 - Staff, assistance and facilities

   17.     Staff of Regulator
   18.     Assistance and facilities

           Division 4 - Finances of Regulator

   19.     Funds
   20.     Costs of monopoly provider investigations
   21.     Financial statements

           Division 5 - Annual report

   22.     Annual report
   23.     Tabling of annual report

   PART 3 - Monopoly Provider Investigations

           Division 1 - Commencing monopoly provider investigation

   24.     Requirement to conduct monopoly provider investigation
   25.     Terms of reference
   26.     Notice of monopoly provider investigation

           Division 2 - Conduct of monopoly provider investigation

   27.     Conduct of monopoly provider investigations
   28.     Hearings
   29.     Requiring person to give evidence or provide document
   30.     Use of documents or other information
   31.     Matters to be considered
   32.     Limitations on monopoly provider investigation and reporting
   33.     Offences

           Division 3 - Action following monopoly provider investigation

   34.     Draft report
   35.     Final report
   36.     Pricing policy order
   37.     Action by monopoly provider following pricing policy order
   38.     Determination by Portfolio Minister where no pricing policy order made

   PART 4 - Prescribed Body Inquiries

   39.     Direction to conduct prescribed body inquiry
   40.     Conduct of prescribed body inquiry
   41.     Use of documents or other information
   42.     Report on prescribed body inquiry
   43.     Offences

   PART 5 - Taxi Fare Methodology Inquiries

   44.     Direction to conduct taxi fare methodology inquiry
   45.     Conduct of taxi fare methodology inquiry
   46.     Offences
   47.     Report on taxi fare methodology inquiry

   PART 6 - Competitive Neutrality Complaints

   48.     Who may make a complaint
   49.     Making complaint
   50.     Preliminary assessment of complaint
   51.     Refusal to conduct complaint investigation
   52.     Commencing investigation into complaint
   53.     Reply to complaint
   54.     Conduct of complaint investigation
   55.     Requiring person to give evidence or provide document
   56.     Use of documents or other information
   57.     Decision of Regulator
   58.     Time by which complaint investigation to be completed
   59.     Action by Minister on determination
   60.     Action by prescribed body on determination
   61.     Refund of fee accompanying complaint
   62.     Offences

   PART 7 - Miscellaneous

   63.     Non-application of certain Acts to certain information
   64.     Service of documents
   65.     Amendment of Schedule 1
   66.     Regulations
   67.     Administration of Act
   68.     Savings and transitional provisions
   69.     Repeals and rescissions
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4