Div 4AMonitoring service providers

Division 4A—Monitoring service providers 63A—AER must monitor service providers' behaviour The AER must regularly and systematically monitor the following matters: (a) the prices charged by service providers for pipeline services; (b) the non-price terms and conditions for pipeline services; (c) the financial information reported by service providers; (d) the outcomes of access negotiations; (e) service providers' dealings with associates; (f) service providers' compliance with ring fencing requirements; (g) the compliance of service providers with other requirements of this Law and the Rules. 63B—AER must report to MCE (1) At least every 2 years, the AER must report to the MCE on its work under this Division for the previous 2 years (the relevant period). (2) The MCE may issue a direction to the AER requiring the AER to include information in the report about a stated matter that relates to the AER's performance or exercise of its functions or powers under Chapters 3 to 5. (3) The report must— (a) state how many service providers the AER monitored during the relevant period for the purposes of this Division; and (b) summarise the information obtained in relation to the matters mentioned in section 63A; and (c) state how the AER obtained information contained in the report; and (d) give an assessment of the behaviour of service providers in relation to the matters mentioned in section 63A; and (e) state the extent to which service providers have complied, or failed to comply, with their obligations under this Law, the Regulations and the Rules; and (f) include any information requested in a direction issued by the MCE under subsection (2). (4) As soon as practicable after giving a report to the MCE under this section, the AER must publish, on its website, a version of the report that— (a) contains aggregated information about each of the matters mentioned in section 63A; and (b) is not likely to result in the identification of a particular service provider.