Gas Supply Act 2003
sec.175ARetailer or particular exempt sellers must enter into community services agreement
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sec.175A Retailer or particular exempt sellers must enter into community services agreement
A retailer must not provide customer retail services unless— the retailer— enters into an agreement with the State to provide, for at least 5 years, the community services agreed between the State and the retailer; and complies with the agreement; or if no agreement is entered into with the State under paragraph (a) (i) , the retailer— provides the community services decided by the Minister; and complies with any conditions included in the Minister’s decision about the provision of the services. Maximum penalty—1333 penalty units. In making a decision under subsection (1) (b) , the Minister must have regard to the retailer’s reasonable administration costs and other risks in providing the community services. In this section— retailer includes each of the following councils if the council is taken under the National Energy Retail Regulations (Queensland), section 14 as an exempt seller holding an individual exemption under the NERL (Qld), part 5 , division 6 — the Maranoa Regional Council; the Western Downs Regional Council. s 175A ins 2008 No. 11 s 4 amd 2014 No. 48 s 130 (sec.175A-ssec.1) A retailer must not provide customer retail services unless— the retailer— enters into an agreement with the State to provide, for at least 5 years, the community services agreed between the State and the retailer; and complies with the agreement; or if no agreement is entered into with the State under paragraph (a) (i) , the retailer— provides the community services decided by the Minister; and complies with any conditions included in the Minister’s decision about the provision of the services. Maximum penalty—1333 penalty units. (sec.175A-ssec.2) In making a decision under subsection (1) (b) , the Minister must have regard to the retailer’s reasonable administration costs and other risks in providing the community services. (sec.175A-ssec.3) In this section— retailer includes each of the following councils if the council is taken under the National Energy Retail Regulations (Queensland), section 14 as an exempt seller holding an individual exemption under the NERL (Qld), part 5 , division 6 — the Maranoa Regional Council; the Western Downs Regional Council.
- (a) the retailer— (i) enters into an agreement with the State to provide, for at least 5 years, the community services agreed between the State and the retailer; and (ii) complies with the agreement; or
- (i) enters into an agreement with the State to provide, for at least 5 years, the community services agreed between the State and the retailer; and
- (ii) complies with the agreement; or
- (b) if no agreement is entered into with the State under paragraph (a) (i) , the retailer— (i) provides the community services decided by the Minister; and (ii) complies with any conditions included in the Minister’s decision about the provision of the services.