53Costs of investigations and determinations

53 Costs of investigations and determinations

(1)  In this regulation, each of the following is a relevant activity of the Regulator:

(a) the conduct and reporting of a pricing investigation for the purposes of regulation 44 and the giving, or publishing, of any notice required under these regulations to be given in relation to such an investigation or a report;

(b) the making under section 44G(1) of the Act, and the publishing under these regulations of a copy, of a feed-in tariff rate determination other than the initial feed-in tariff rate determination;

(c) the giving, or publishing, of any notice required under these regulations to be given in relation to the making of a feed-in tariff rate determination other than the initial feed-in tariff rate determination;

(d) the amendment or revocation under section 44G(4) of the Act of a feed-in tariff rate determination and the publishing under these regulations of a copy of the amendment or revocation;

(e) the giving, or publishing, of any notice required under these regulations to be given in relation to the amendment or revocation under section 44G(4) of the Act of a feed-in tariff rate determination;

(f) the determining of a rate, in accordance with regulation 50 , under a feed-in tariff rate determination and the giving, or publishing, of any notice required under these regulations to be given in relation to the determining of the rate.

(2)  The Regulator may –

(a) determine the total expenses, reasonably incurred by the Regulator, arising from a relevant activity of the Regulator; and

(b) determine the amount of the total expenses determined under paragraph (a) that is to be payable by authorised retailers that retail electricity on mainland Tasmania; and

(c) determine for the purposes of a notice under subregulation (4) the proportion of the amount determined under that is to be payable by an authorised retailer to which the notice is to relate.