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Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997
sec.84Making declaration
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### sec.84 Making declaration
On receiving a declaration recommendation, the Minister must do 1 of the following—
declare the service;
declare part of the service, that is itself a service;
decide not to declare the service.
If the service is provided by means of a facility owned by a local government entity, the Minister must consult with the local government entity, and the responsible local government for the entity, before doing anything under subsection (1) .
For consulting under subsection (2) , the Minister must—
notify the local government entity and the responsible local government of the Minister’s intention to make a declaration about the service; and
give the local government entity and the responsible local government 90 days to make submissions to the Minister about the intended declaration.
If the Minister declares the service, or part of the service, the declaration must state the expiry date of the declaration.
If the Minister decides not to declare the service and the declaration recommendation was made under subdivision 4A , the decision does not affect the existing declaration for the service.
s 84 amd 2000 No. 15 s 21 ; 2010 No. 32 s 30 ; 2013 No. 39 s 43 sch 1
(sec.84-ssec.1) On receiving a declaration recommendation, the Minister must do 1 of the following— declare the service; declare part of the service, that is itself a service; decide not to declare the service.
(sec.84-ssec.2) If the service is provided by means of a facility owned by a local government entity, the Minister must consult with the local government entity, and the responsible local government for the entity, before doing anything under subsection (1) .
(sec.84-ssec.3) For consulting under subsection (2) , the Minister must— notify the local government entity and the responsible local government of the Minister’s intention to make a declaration about the service; and give the local government entity and the responsible local government 90 days to make submissions to the Minister about the intended declaration.
(sec.84-ssec.4) If the Minister declares the service, or part of the service, the declaration must state the expiry date of the declaration.
(sec.84-ssec.5) If the Minister decides not to declare the service and the declaration recommendation was made under subdivision 4A , the decision does not affect the existing declaration for the service.
- (a) declare the service;
- (b) declare part of the service, that is itself a service;
- (c) decide not to declare the service.
- (a) notify the local government entity and the responsible local government of the Minister’s intention to make a declaration about the service; and
- (b) give the local government entity and the responsible local government 90 days to make submissions to the Minister about the intended declaration.