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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity industry governance - Monitoring and enforcement - Code enforcement

53: Powers and procedures of Rulings Panel

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“How the Rulings Panel works and what it can do when looking at complaints”

When someone makes a complaint, appeal, or has a dispute that goes to the Rulings Panel, three people will look at it. One of these people must be the chairperson, or sometimes the deputy chairperson if the chairperson can’t be there.

The Rulings Panel can decide how it wants to handle these cases, as long as it follows the rules set out in the law, regulations, and the Code. They also need to make sure they’re being fair to everyone involved.

The Rulings Panel has all the powers it needs to do its job properly. These powers come from the law, the regulations, and the Code.

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53Powers and procedures of Rulings Panel

  1. Every complaint, appeal, or dispute before the Rulings Panel must be dealt with by a panel of 3 members, one of whom must be the chairperson (except when the deputy chairperson acts on his or her behalf).

  2. The Rulings Panel may determine its own procedures, subject to this Act and the regulations, the requirements of natural justice, and, in relation to particular kinds of appeals and disputes, the Code.

  3. The Rulings Panel has all the powers necessary to perform its functions in accordance with this Act, the regulations, and the Code.

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