5Coverage applications—the Act, s 25

5 Coverage applications—the Act, s 25

5 Coverage applications—the Act, s 25

(1) For the purposes of the Act, section 25(1)(b), the following persons are prescribed as persons from whom submissions are to be invited in relation to a coverage application for an infrastructure service—

(a) the service provider for the service, except where the application has been made by the service provider,

(b) the Minister administering the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997,

(c) the Minister administering the Public Health Act 2010,

(d) the Minister administering the Water Industry Competition Act 2006, Part 3, and, if a different Minister administers Part 2 of that Act, also that Minister,

(e) the Minister administering the Water Management Act 2000.

(2) When inviting submissions from the persons referred to in subsection (1), IPART must notify the persons of—

(a) the date on which the application was made, and

(b) the date, 4 months later, by which IPART must endeavour to provide a report on the application to the Minister, referred to in the Act, section 25(4).

Note—

An application is not made until it has been duly completed—see section 4.

(3) If it appears to IPART that it will not be practicable for the report on the application to be provided to the Minister, IPART must notify the applicant, and the persons referred to in subsection (1), of the revised date by which IPART expects the report to be provided—

(a) by the date notified under subsection (2)(b), or

(b) if a later date has been notified under this subsection—by the later date.