Gas Supply Act 2003
sec.29Public notice by regulator and submissions
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sec.29 Public notice by regulator and submissions
This section does not apply if the applicant holds a corresponding authority for the distribution authority. Before deciding the application, the regulator must— publish in a Statewide newspaper a notice stating each of the following— that an application for a distribution authority has been made; the applicant’s name; a period of at least 20 business days during which anyone may make written submissions to the regulator about the application; where the application, other than any part of the application that is RTI excluded information, may be inspected; the type of covered gas for the distribution authority; and consider written submissions about the application made to the regulator within the stated period. s 29 amd 2005 No. 51 s 16 ; 2009 No. 13 s 213 sch 5 ; 2014 No. 48 s 118 ; 2023 No. 25 s 9 (sec.29-ssec.1) This section does not apply if the applicant holds a corresponding authority for the distribution authority. (sec.29-ssec.2) Before deciding the application, the regulator must— publish in a Statewide newspaper a notice stating each of the following— that an application for a distribution authority has been made; the applicant’s name; a period of at least 20 business days during which anyone may make written submissions to the regulator about the application; where the application, other than any part of the application that is RTI excluded information, may be inspected; the type of covered gas for the distribution authority; and consider written submissions about the application made to the regulator within the stated period.
- (a) publish in a Statewide newspaper a notice stating each of the following— (i) that an application for a distribution authority has been made; (ii) the applicant’s name; (iii) a period of at least 20 business days during which anyone may make written submissions to the regulator about the application; (iv) where the application, other than any part of the application that is RTI excluded information, may be inspected; (v) the type of covered gas for the distribution authority; and
- (i) that an application for a distribution authority has been made;
- (ii) the applicant’s name;
- (iii) a period of at least 20 business days during which anyone may make written submissions to the regulator about the application;
- (iv) where the application, other than any part of the application that is RTI excluded information, may be inspected;
- (v) the type of covered gas for the distribution authority; and
- (b) consider written submissions about the application made to the regulator within the stated period.
- (i) that an application for a distribution authority has been made;
- (ii) the applicant’s name;
- (iii) a period of at least 20 business days during which anyone may make written submissions to the regulator about the application;