261BIPART functions

261B IPART functions

261B IPART functions

(1) IPART has the following functions—

(a) to investigate and report to the Minister on the operation of toll roads in the State, including the following—

(i) the costs of operating toll roads and providing toll services,

(ii) the demand for toll roads in the State,

(iii) the pricing, fees and penalties for toll services, including the levels, structure and impacts of the pricing, fees and penalties on customers,

(iv) the revenue generated by the provision of toll services,

(v) the impacts of tolls on different communities in the State,

(vi) the setting of tolls in the State,

(vii) other matters prescribed by the regulations,

(b) to investigate and report to the Minister on other matters relating to toll roads.

(2) IPART may only exercise its functions under subsection (1) at the request of the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister administering the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992.

(3) Subject to this section, and except to the extent to which the regulations otherwise provide, the provisions of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992, Part 3, Divisions 6 and 7 apply to an investigation or report under this section in the same way as the provisions apply to an investigation or report under that Act.

(4) The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992, section 21(1) does not apply so as to require IPART to hold a hearing for an investigation under this section.

(5) IPART may issue guidelines about the way in which it exercises its functions under this section.

(6) IPART must keep the guidelines available for inspection by members of the public, free of charge, during normal office hours.

(7) It is sufficient compliance with subsection (6) if a copy of the guidelines is made available to the public on IPART’s website.