Queensland Competition Authority Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 3 Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997 QUEENSLAND COMPETITION AUTHORITY AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 1A (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Omission of s 3 (Fees). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 2A (Exclusion of standard gauge interstate rail transport service from meaning of “service”—Act, s 72) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of s 5 (Declaration of service—Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal—Act, s 97) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Insertion of new s 6 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SCHEDULE SERVICES AND FUNCTIONS FOR WHICH FEES ARE PAYABLE

s1 2 s3 Queensland Competition Authority Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 3, 2003 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Queensland Competition Authority Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 . 2 Regulation amended This regulation amends the QueenslandCompetitionAuthorityRegulation 1997. 3 Amendment of s 1A (Definitions) (1) Section 1A— insert— ‘ “Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Law” see the GasPipelinesAccess (Queensland) Act 1998 , section 3. 1 “Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Regulations” see the Gas PipelinesAccess (Queensland) Act 1998 , section 3. “National Electricity (Queensland) Law” see the Electricity—NationalScheme (Queensland) Act 1997 , section 3(1). 2 “National Electricity (Queensland) Regulations” see the Electricity—National Scheme (Queensland) Act 1997 , section 3(1).’. (2) Section 1A, definitions “railway manager” and “subsidiary”, after ‘see’— insert— ‘the’. 1 Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998 , section 3— “Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Law” means the provisions applying because of section 8. “Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Regulations” means the provisions applying because of section 9. 2 Electricity—National Scheme (Queensland) Act 1997 , section 3(1)— “National Electricity (Queensland) Law” means the provisions applying because of section 6. “National Electricity (Queensland) Regulations” means the provisions applying because of section 7.

s4 3 s7 Queensland Competition Authority Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 3, 2003 (3) Section 1A— renumber as section 2. 4 Omission of s 3 (Fees) Section 3— omit. 5 Amendment of s 2A (Exclusion of standard gauge interstate rail transport service from meaning of “service”—Act, s 72) Section 2A— renumber as section 3. 6 Amendment of s 5 (Declaration of service—Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal—Act, s 97) Section 5(3), definition “terminal operator”, paragraph (b), ‘peron’— omit, insert— ‘person’. 7 Insertion of new s 6 and schedule After section 5— insert— ‘6 Fees ‘ (1) The fee payable to the authority for providing a service or performing a function mentioned in the schedule is the amount— (a) the authority considers to be reasonable; and (b) that is not more than the reasonable cost of providing the service or performing the function. ‘ (2) The amount may be recovered as a debt payable to the authority.

s7 4 s7 Queensland Competition Authority Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 3, 2003 ‘SCHEDULE ‘SERVICES AND FUNCTIONS FOR WHICH FEES ARE PAYABLE section 6 1. Investigation about, or for monitoring, pricing practices relating to a government monopoly business activity under part 3, division 3 of the Act. 2. Consideration of an application for accreditation under part 4, division 5 of the Act. 3. Mediation of an access dispute under part 5, division 5, subdivision 2A of the Act. 4. Arbitration of an access dispute, including the making of an access determination, under part 5, division 5, subdivision 3 of the Act. 5. Preparation, approval or amendment of an access undertaking for a declared service under part 5, division 7 of the Act. 6. Monitoring compliance with, and reviewing terms of, an access undertaking under part 5, division 7 of the Act. 7. Preparation or revision of a cost allocation manual under part 5, division 9 of the Act. 8. Investigation about, or for monitoring, pricing practices relating to a monopoly water supply activity under part 5A, division 2, subdivision 7 of the Act. 9. Mediation of a water supply dispute under part 5A, division 4, subdivision 3 of the Act. 10. Arbitration of a water supply dispute, including the making of a water supply determination, under part 5A, division 4, subdivision 4 of the Act. 11. Preparation, approval or amendment of a water supply undertaking under part 5A, division 5 of the Act.

s7 5 s7 Queensland Competition Authority Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 3, 2003 12. Monitoring compliance with, and reviewing terms of, a water supply undertaking under part 5A, division 5 of the Act. 13. Performance by the authority of a function as the local regulator under the Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Law or the Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Regulations. 14. Performance of a function given to the authority under the Electricity Act 199 4 , the National Electricity (Queensland) Law or the National Electricity (Queensland) Regulations.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 30 January 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 31 January 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Treasury Department. © State of Queensland 2003