75IPART investigations and recommendations

75 IPART investigations and recommendations

75 IPART investigations and recommendations

(1) IPART is to conduct investigations and report to the Minister on the appropriate fares if a referral is made under this Part.

(2) IPART may report to the Minister on any matter it considers relevant that arises from an investigation under this Part.

(3) IPART is to consider the following matters in making a recommendation under this Part—

(a) the cost of providing the services,

(b) the need for greater efficiency in the supply of services so as to reduce costs for the benefit of consumers and taxpayers,

(c) the protection of consumers from abuses of monopoly power in terms of prices, pricing policies and standards of service,

(d) the social impact of the recommendation,

(e) the impact of the recommendation on the use of passenger transport and the need to increase the proportion of travel undertaken by sustainable modes such as public transport,

(f) standards of quality, reliability and safety of the services (whether those standards are specified by legislation, agreement or otherwise),

(g) any matter specified in the referral to IPART,

(h) any other matter IPART considers relevant.

(4) IPART must indicate what regard it has had to the matters specified in this section in any report of a recommendation under this Part.

(5) Sections 13A–14A and Divisions 6 and 7 of Part 3 of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992 apply to an investigation and report by IPART under this Part in the same way as they apply to a determination, investigation or report under that Act. The provisions so apply as if a reference in those provisions to the Minister were a reference to the Minister administering this Act.

s 75: Am 2022 No 79, Sch 1[18].