24AApplication for determination or approval of charges—first regulatory period

24A Application for determination or approval of charges—first regulatory period

(1) This rule applies to an infrastructure operator that: (a) has received a notice under rule 23B stating that the ACCC is of the view that the operator is, or will be, a Part 6 operator; and (b) was subsequently refused an exemption under rule 23C, or was given an exemption that has now expired; and (c) has had its regulatory start date set under subrule 23C(10); and (d) proposes to levy infrastructure charges during the first regulatory period for the operator.

Note: The process in this provision is for the initial approval of charges. After this process is completed, rule 25 or Division 3 as appropriate will apply.

(2) The infrastructure operator must, at least 15 months before the regulatory start date for the operator, apply in writing to the ACCC for determination or approval of its infrastructure charges under this Division in respect of each year of the first regulatory period for the operator. (3) The first regulatory period is: (a) if the ACCC has set a length for the operator’s regulatory period under rule 24—the period of that length beginning on the regulatory start date; or (b) otherwise—the period of 3 years beginning on the regulatory start date. (4) The application must include the information referred to in Schedule 1.