Competition and Consumer Amendment Regulation 2013 (No. 4) (Cth)

Competition and Consumer Amendment Regulation 2013 (No. 4)

Select Legislative Instrument No. 277, 2013

I, Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

Dated 12 December 2013

Quentin Bryce

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Bruce Billson

Minister for Small Business

Contents

1............ Name of regulation............................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority............................................................................................ 1

4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                            2

Competition and Consumer Regulations 2010                                           2

1Name of regulation

This regulation is the Competition and Consumer Amendment Regulation 2013 (No. 4).

2Commencement

This regulation commences on the day after it is registered.

3Authority

This regulation is made under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

4Schedule(s)

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Competition and Consumer Regulations 2010

1  Regulation 7B

Before “For subsection”, insert “(1)”.

2  Paragraph 7B(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                    (b)  regulation 22;

3  Paragraph 7B(c)

Repeal the paragraph.

4  Paragraph 7B(f)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

                     (f)  regulation 28M;

5  Paragraph 7B(g)

Repeal the paragraph.

6  At the end of regulation 7B

Add:

            (2)  For the purposes of applying regulation 28M to a merits review conducted by the Tribunal under a State/Territory energy law or a designated Commonwealth energy law:

                    (a)  treat the references in the regulation to a review hearing and a review as references to a merits review conducted by the Tribunal under a State/Territory energy law or a designated Commonwealth energy law; and

                    (b)  treat the references in the regulation to a determination as references to a decision that is subject to that merits review; and

                    (c)  disregard the reference in subregulation 28M(1) to an access dispute; and

                    (d)  treat the references to the dispute as references to the matter that is the subject of that merits review.