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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 - Orders about information disclosure

53: Order requiring information disclosure requirement to be complied with

You could also call this:

"The High Court can order someone to share information they are supposed to give, and set a deadline for them to do it."

The High Court can order someone to give information if they are supposed to. You might wonder who can ask the High Court to do this - it is the Commission. The High Court can make this order if the Commission asks them to.

The order will say when the information must be given. This could be a specific date or a time period. You will know exactly how long you have to give the information.

If you want to know more about similar laws, you can look at the law from 1986. This law is similar to the one we are talking about now. It can help you understand how the law works.

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Foundational information disclosure requirements: Orders about information disclosure

53Order requiring information disclosure requirement to be complied with

  1. The High Court may, on application by the Commission, order a specified entity to comply with an obligation that applies to the entity to disclose information under this subpart.

  2. An order under this section must specify the date by which, or period within which, the specified entity must comply with the requirement.

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