43Matters requiring assessment and recommendations—the Act, ss 30 and 63(4)

43 Matters requiring assessment and recommendations—the Act, ss 30 and 63(4)

43 Matters requiring assessment and recommendations—the Act, ss 30 and 63(4)

(1) The infrastructure planner must assess and make recommendations about the following—

(a) proposed REZ network infrastructure projects,

(b) priority transmission infrastructure projects in relation to which the infrastructure planner is appointed,

(c) network operators who may be authorised or directed to carry out—

(i) a REZ network infrastructure project, or

(ii) a priority transmission infrastructure project,

(d) other persons who may assist the network operator to carry out—

(i) a REZ network infrastructure project, or

(ii) a priority transmission infrastructure project,

(e) the contractual arrangements that a network operator may be required to enter into to carry out a REZ network infrastructure project or priority transmission infrastructure project under an authorisation (the recommended contractual arrangements).

(2) The infrastructure planner may decide—

(a) the extent of an assessment under subclause (1), and

(b) how the assessment will be carried out, including whether to carry out a competitive assessment process.

(3) An assessment and recommendation made by the infrastructure planner in relation to a priority transmission infrastructure project must be provided to the Minister.

Note—

An assessment and recommendation about a REZ network infrastructure project must be provided to the consumer trustee under the Act, section 30(1).

(4) For the purposes of the Act, section 34(2)(d), the Minister must consider an assessment and recommendation by the infrastructure planner before giving—

(a) a direction under the Act, section 32(1)(b), or

(b) an authorisation under the Act, section 36(2).

cl 43: Ins 2022 (382), Sch 1[9]. Am 2022 (785), Sch 1[6].