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Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024

Water services delivery plans and foundational information disclosure requirements - Foundational information disclosure requirements - Determinations

43: Effect of determination

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"What happens after a decision is made about water services rules"

When a determination is made under section 42, you must follow the rules. You have to tell the public about certain information as set out in the determination. You also have to give the Commission a copy of this information within 5 working days of making it public.

The Commission can check and study the information you make public. They have to put a summary and analysis of this information on their website as soon as possible. This helps people understand how well you and other similar entities are performing.

The Commission may also look at how well the rules about sharing information are working. They do this by checking if the rules are helping to achieve the goals set out in section 38.

When the Commission puts information on their website, they must make sure they protect any confidential or sensitive information.

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Part 2Water services delivery plans and foundational information disclosure requirements
Foundational information disclosure requirements: Determinations

43Effect of determination

  1. A specified entity to which a determination made under section 42 applies must—

  2. publicly disclose information in accordance with the requirements set out in the determination; and
    1. supply to the Commission a copy of all information disclosed in accordance with the determination within 5 working days after the specified entity first publicly discloses the information.

      1. The Commission—

      2. may monitor and analyse all information disclosed in accordance with this subpart; and
        1. must, as soon as practicable after any information is publicly disclosed, publish (on an internet site operated by or on behalf of the Commission) a summary and an analysis of that information for the purpose of promoting greater understanding of the performance of individual specified entities, their relative performance, and changes in their performance over time.

          1. The Commission may, as part of a summary and an analysis, include an analysis of how effective the information disclosure requirements imposed on specified entities are in promoting the purposes in section 38.

          2. In complying with subsection (2)(b), the Commission must ensure that satisfactory provision exists to protect the confidentiality of any information that may reasonably be regarded as confidential or commercially sensitive.

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