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South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009
sec.95Public notice about availability of draft code
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### sec.95 Public notice about availability of draft code
If the Minister proposes to make the code, the Minister must—
prepare a draft of the proposed code; and
publish a notice about the draft, and a copy of the draft, on a Queensland Government website; and
give each distributor-retailer and each local government in the SEQ region a copy of the notice.
The notice must state—
where copies of the draft may be inspected and on payment of a fee, purchased; and
that written submissions may be made by anyone about the draft; and
a day (the final submission day ) by which submissions must be made, and the person to whom, and the place where, the submissions must be made.
The final submission day must not be earlier than—
for the first draft code prepared—14 days after the day the notice is published; and
for each subsequent draft code prepared—28 days after the day the notice is published.
If a distributor-retailer is given a copy of the notice under subsection (1) (c) , the distributor-retailer must publish a copy of the notice on the distributor-retailer’s website.
A document published on a website under subsection (1) (b) or (4) must not be removed from the website before the end of the final submission day.
s 95 amd 2010 No. 53 s 153 ; 2023 No. 24 s 6
(sec.95-ssec.1) If the Minister proposes to make the code, the Minister must— prepare a draft of the proposed code; and publish a notice about the draft, and a copy of the draft, on a Queensland Government website; and give each distributor-retailer and each local government in the SEQ region a copy of the notice.
(sec.95-ssec.2) The notice must state— where copies of the draft may be inspected and on payment of a fee, purchased; and that written submissions may be made by anyone about the draft; and a day (the final submission day ) by which submissions must be made, and the person to whom, and the place where, the submissions must be made.
(sec.95-ssec.3) The final submission day must not be earlier than— for the first draft code prepared—14 days after the day the notice is published; and for each subsequent draft code prepared—28 days after the day the notice is published.
(sec.95-ssec.4) If a distributor-retailer is given a copy of the notice under subsection (1) (c) , the distributor-retailer must publish a copy of the notice on the distributor-retailer’s website.
(sec.95-ssec.5) A document published on a website under subsection (1) (b) or (4) must not be removed from the website before the end of the final submission day.
- (a) prepare a draft of the proposed code; and
- (b) publish a notice about the draft, and a copy of the draft, on a Queensland Government website; and
- (c) give each distributor-retailer and each local government in the SEQ region a copy of the notice.
- (a) where copies of the draft may be inspected and on payment of a fee, purchased; and
- (b) that written submissions may be made by anyone about the draft; and
- (c) a day (the final submission day ) by which submissions must be made, and the person to whom, and the place where, the submissions must be made.
- (a) for the first draft code prepared—14 days after the day the notice is published; and
- (b) for each subsequent draft code prepared—28 days after the day the notice is published.