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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 - Miscellaneous provisions

55: Application of Part 7 of Commerce Act 1986 (Miscellaneous provisions)

You could also call this:

"Some rules from the Commerce Act 1986 also apply to the Local Government water services law."

When you are looking at the Local Government (Water Services Preliminary Arrangements) Act 2024, some parts of the Commerce Act 1986 also apply. These parts are about getting evidence and what happens if someone breaks the law. You can find these parts in the Commerce Act 1986.

They include rules about supplying information, searching, and taking evidence. You can read about these rules in sections like section 98, section 98A, and section 99 of the Commerce Act 1986. These rules help make sure people follow the law.

There are also rules about what happens if someone breaks the law, like in section 100, section 100A, and section 103 of the Commerce Act 1986. You can find more information about these rules and how they work in the Commerce Act 1986. These rules are important for keeping everyone safe and making sure the law is fair.

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

55Application of Part 7 of Commerce Act 1986 (Miscellaneous provisions)

  1. For the purposes of this subpart, the following provisions of the Commerce Act 1986 apply with any necessary modifications:

    Powers relating to evidence

  2. section 98 (Commission may require person to supply information or documents or give evidence):
    1. section 98A (power to search) as if the reference to regulation under Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986 were a reference to secondary legislation made under this Act:
      1. section 98G (Commission may exercise powers notwithstanding other proceedings):
        1. section 99 (powers of Commission to take evidence):

            1. Offences and administrative provisions

          1. section 100 (powers of Commission to prohibit disclosure of information, documents, and evidence):
            1. section 100A (Commission may state case for opinion of High Court):
              1. section 103 (offences):
                1. section 104 (determinations of Commission):
                  1. section 106 (proceedings privileged):
                    1. section 106A (judicial notice):
                      1. section 109 (Commission may prescribe forms).