Water Industry Competition (Access to Infrastructure Services) Regulation 2026
9Arbitration applications—the Act, s 40(2) and Sch 2, cl 4(b) and (c)
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9 Arbitration applications—the Act, s 40(2) and Sch 2, cl 4(b) and (c)
9 Arbitration applications—the Act, s 40(2) and Sch 2, cl 4(b) and (c)
(1) IPART may consider, for determining whether a person who makes an arbitration application has in good faith attempted to resolve the dispute by negotiation, whether the applicant has contravened the following—
(a) this part,
(b) for a dispute to which IPART’s negotiation protocols apply—IPART’s negotiation protocols.
(2) An arbitration application must state whether the parties have agreed to the application of negotiation protocols other than IPART’s negotiation protocols.