sec.77ENegotiation about mixed rights and liabilities

### sec.77E Negotiation about mixed rights and liabilities The local government and the distributor-retailer (each a negotiation party ) must negotiate in good faith about the extent to which each of them are to share the following— rights to which section 77C applies; liabilities to which section 77D applies; costs incurred because of enforcement mentioned in section 77C ; any costs, damage, liability or loss the local government incurs because of section 77D (2) . If, after the negotiation, the negotiation parties are in dispute about a matter mentioned in subsection (1) , either negotiation party may refer the dispute to the Minister. The Minister may resolve the dispute in any way the Minister considers appropriate that affords natural justice to the negotiation parties. The Minister’s decision on the resolution of the dispute binds the negotiation parties. The Minister may delegate the Minister’s functions under subsection (3) to an appropriately qualified public service officer. s 77E ins 2010 No. 20 s 16 amd 2012 No.1 s 105 sch (sec.77E-ssec.1) The local government and the distributor-retailer (each a negotiation party ) must negotiate in good faith about the extent to which each of them are to share the following— rights to which section 77C applies; liabilities to which section 77D applies; costs incurred because of enforcement mentioned in section 77C ; any costs, damage, liability or loss the local government incurs because of section 77D (2) . (sec.77E-ssec.2) If, after the negotiation, the negotiation parties are in dispute about a matter mentioned in subsection (1) , either negotiation party may refer the dispute to the Minister. (sec.77E-ssec.3) The Minister may resolve the dispute in any way the Minister considers appropriate that affords natural justice to the negotiation parties. (sec.77E-ssec.4) The Minister’s decision on the resolution of the dispute binds the negotiation parties. (sec.77E-ssec.5) The Minister may delegate the Minister’s functions under subsection (3) to an appropriately qualified public service officer. - (a) rights to which section 77C applies; - (b) liabilities to which section 77D applies; - (c) costs incurred because of enforcement mentioned in section 77C ; - (d) any costs, damage, liability or loss the local government incurs because of section 77D (2) .