24Applications for coverage declaration

24 Applications for coverage declaration

24 Applications for coverage declaration

(1) An application for a coverage declaration for an infrastructure service may only be made by or on behalf of one of the following—

(a) the service provider for that service,

(b) an access seeker in relation to that service who has tried, but failed—

(i) to obtain access to that service, or

(ii) to obtain a change to some aspect of the person’s existing access to that service,

(c) the Minister, in the case only of a service provided by a public water utility.

(2) In the case of a service the subject of an existing coverage declaration, an application for the renewal of the declaration may also be made by any person currently having access to the service.

(3) A coverage application—

(a) must be in such form as the Minister may approve, and

(b) must be accompanied by such fee as the Minister may determine, and

(c) must be lodged at the office of IPART.