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Commerce Act 1986

Regulated goods or services - Water services - Determinations

57Q: Additional matters relating to section 52P determinations

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"What extra details are included in a section 52P decision about water services?"

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When a section 52P determination is made, it must include some extra information. You need to know what regulated suppliers it applies to, and what water services it covers. The determination can apply to all regulated suppliers or just some of them. It can also apply to all water services or just some parts of a service.

A section 52P determination that only deals with price-quality regulation can last for more than one regulatory period. It will stay in force until it is revoked. You can find more information about what a section 52P determination must include in section 52P(3).

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Part 4Regulated goods or services
Water services: Determinations

57QAdditional matters relating to section 52P determinations

  1. In addition to the matters in section 52P(3), a section 52P determination made for the purposes of this subpart must—

  2. specify the regulated suppliers to which it applies; and
    1. specify the water services in respect of which it applies.

      1. For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the determination may relate to all regulated suppliers or to 1 or more regulated suppliers (for example, a determination relating to price-quality regulation may apply to a particular regulated supplier and set price-quality paths that are specific to that supplier).

      2. For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the determination may relate to all water services or to 1 or more types or parts of a water service (for example, a determination relating to price-quality regulation may apply to a particular part of a service and set price-quality paths that are specific to that service).

      3. A section 52P determination relating only to price-quality regulation may last for more than 1 regulatory period and remains in force until it is revoked.

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