Commerce Act 1986

Regulated goods or services - Water services - Determinations

57P: Section 52P determinations without input methodologies

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"The Commission can make some decisions without a special plan for regulating things."

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The Commission can make a section 52P decision about information disclosure or price-quality regulation without deciding on an input methodology. You need to know that an input methodology is a way the Commission decides how to regulate things. The Commission can only make this decision for a period before a certain date, which is defined in clause 32 of Schedule 7.

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Part 4Regulated goods or services
Water services: Determinations

57PSection 52P determinations without input methodologies

  1. The Commission may make a section 52P determination relating to information disclosure regulation or price-quality regulation without determining an input methodology.

  2. However, subsection (1) applies only to the extent that the section 52P determination applies to a period before the relevant date (as defined in clause 32 of Schedule 7).

    Guidance note

    Clause 32 of Schedule 7 provides for when the Commission must determine an input methodology.

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