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Commerce Act 1986

Regulated goods or services - Water services - Commission may recommend further regulation or deregulation

57I: Inquiry not required

You could also call this:

"The Commission can make decisions without asking lots of questions first."

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The Commission can make decisions without holding an inquiry under sections 52H to 52K. You can find these sections by following the link to sections 52H to 52K. The Commission has this power for the purposes of this part of the law.

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Part 4Regulated goods or services
Water services: Commission may recommend further regulation or deregulation

57IInquiry not required

  1. For the purposes of this subpart, the Commission may act without holding an inquiry under sections 52H to 52K.

Notes
  • Section 57I: inserted, on , by section 14 of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).