19Recommendations by consumer trustee about network infrastructure projects—the Act, ss 60(4)(c) and 66(5)(d)

19 Recommendations by consumer trustee about network infrastructure projects—the Act, ss 60(4)(c) and 66(5)(d)

19 Recommendations by consumer trustee about network infrastructure projects—the Act, ss 60(4)(c) and 66(5)(d)

(1) The consumer trustee must not make a recommendation under the Act, section 31(1)(a) that the Minister give a direction under the Act, section 32 unless the consumer trustee is satisfied the direction is reasonably necessary to achieve the infrastructure investment objectives.

(1A) A recommendation by the consumer trustee must include the recommended contractual arrangements.

(1B) The consumer trustee is not required to assess or review the recommended contractual arrangements before including them in a recommendation.

(2) For a recommendation under the Act, section 31(1)(a), the consumer trustee is not required to consider technical information when considering the infrastructure planner’s recommendations about a REZ network infrastructure project, other than technical information—

(a) specified in clause 44, and

(b) provided to the consumer trustee in the infrastructure planner’s recommendation.

cl 19: Ins 2021 (659), Sch 1[5]. Renumbered as cl 42, 2022 (366), Sch 1[14]. Am 2022 (382), Sch 1[3] [4]; 2024 (626), Sch 1[1].

cl 19: Ins 2022 (366), Sch 1[4]. Am 2022 (785), Sch 1[2]; 2024 (96), Sch 1 [3].