sec.97Obtaining advice from appropriately qualified person

sec.97 Obtaining advice from appropriately qualified person

As soon as practicable after identifying a stage of the CopperString project under section 96 , the responsible Ministers must obtain advice about the following matters from an appropriately qualified person— the efficient costs of each of the following that may be incurred or expected to be incurred by a person who is or will be the transmission network service provider for the identified stage— constructing the identified stage; operating the identified stage for a period, decided by the responsible Ministers, of at least 5 years; the amount of forecast capital expenditure and forecast operating expenditure for the identified stage that would be consistent with the efficient costs mentioned in paragraph (a) ; any other matter the responsible Ministers need advice about to make a declaration under section 98 . A request for advice under subsection (1) must state the date by which the advice must be given to the responsible Ministers. For the purpose of obtaining the advice, the Minister or Treasurer may give the appropriately qualified person any information held by the Minister or Treasurer, including, for example, information received under section 101 . See section 173 for the restriction on a person disclosing or using information obtained under this section. s 97 sub 2025 No. 30 s 58 (sec.97-ssec.1) As soon as practicable after identifying a stage of the CopperString project under section 96 , the responsible Ministers must obtain advice about the following matters from an appropriately qualified person— the efficient costs of each of the following that may be incurred or expected to be incurred by a person who is or will be the transmission network service provider for the identified stage— constructing the identified stage; operating the identified stage for a period, decided by the responsible Ministers, of at least 5 years; the amount of forecast capital expenditure and forecast operating expenditure for the identified stage that would be consistent with the efficient costs mentioned in paragraph (a) ; any other matter the responsible Ministers need advice about to make a declaration under section 98 . (sec.97-ssec.2) A request for advice under subsection (1) must state the date by which the advice must be given to the responsible Ministers. (sec.97-ssec.3) For the purpose of obtaining the advice, the Minister or Treasurer may give the appropriately qualified person any information held by the Minister or Treasurer, including, for example, information received under section 101 . See section 173 for the restriction on a person disclosing or using information obtained under this section.

• (a) the efficient costs of each of the following that may be incurred or expected to be incurred by a person who is or will be the transmission network service provider for the identified stage— (i) constructing the identified stage; (ii) operating the identified stage for a period, decided by the responsible Ministers, of at least 5 years;