74Referrals to IPART

74 Referrals to IPART

74 Referrals to IPART

(1) The Minister may, with the approval of the Minister administering the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992, refer all or any of the services provided by 1 or more passenger services to IPART for a recommendation as to the following—

(a) appropriate fares for the service or services,

(b) appropriate fares for specified fares or classes of fares for the service or services.

(2) A referral may do any or all of the following—

(a) specify a period within which IPART is to report to the Minister on its recommendation,

(b) require IPART to consider specified matters when making its investigations for the purposes of its report.

(3) IPART may request the Minister to refer a matter to IPART under this section.

(4) A referral may be varied or withdrawn by the Minister, with the approval of the Minister administering the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992. A variation or withdrawal of a referral does not affect the operation of this Act or that Act in respect of a report on the referral, or the subject-matter of the report, if the report was received by the Minister from IPART before the variation or withdrawal.

s 74: Am 2022 No 79, Sch 1[17].