Water Industry Competition Act 2006
89DSubstitution of registered retailer
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89D Substitution of registered retailer
89D Substitution of registered retailer
(1) The holder of a retailer licence may apply to IPART to be registered as the registered retailer for a specified scheme in the place of another registered retailer.
(2) IPART may grant or refuse the application.
(3) In determining an application, IPART must have regard to the following—
(a) whether disciplinary action against the licensee is pending or, as a result of disciplinary action against the licensee, the licensee is prohibited from being registered as the registered retailer under a further operational approval,
(b) whether, in the reasonable suspicion of IPART, a statutory default within the meaning of Part 2, Division 6 has occurred within 2 years before the application was made and the applicant, or a related corporation of the applicant, is the alleged defaulter,
(c) whether the applicant, or a related corporation of the applicant, has failed to provide a service, or a connection to infrastructure, after granting a certificate of compliance relating to the service or infrastructure,
(d) whether disciplinary action against the existing registered retailer is pending or, as a result of disciplinary action against the existing registered retailer, the existing registered retailer is prohibited from being registered as the registered retailer under a scheme approval,
(e) whether, in the reasonable suspicion of IPART, a statutory default within the meaning of Part 2, Division 6 has occurred within 2 years before the application was made and the existing registered retailer, or a related corporation of the existing registered retailer, is the alleged defaulter,
(f) whether the existing registered retailer, or a related corporation of the existing registered retailer, has failed to provide a service, or a connection to infrastructure, after granting a certificate of compliance relating to the service or infrastructure.
(4) Disciplinary action is pending from the time when notice is given to a person requiring the person to show cause why disciplinary action should not be taken against the person until—
(a) disciplinary action is taken against the person, or
(b) the decision is made that disciplinary action will not be taken against the person.