Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00994:reg:34:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00994
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 34 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 59169–61924

34  Supplier to publish information relating to available gas, etc.
 (1) A person (the supplier) contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) the supplier is a covered supplier; and
 (b) as soon as practicable after each day covered by subsection (2), the supplier fails to maintain on its website a statement that:
 (i) states that it is published for the purposes of this section; and
 (ii) sets out the information covered by subsection (6) in relation to the 24 month period starting on that day; and
 (iii) complies with subsection (10).
Civil penalty:
 (a) for a body corporate—3,000 penalty units; and
 (b) for a person other than a body corporate—600 penalty units.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), this subsection covers a day, on or after the day the supplier became a covered supplier, that:
 (a) is the day after the end of the transition period; or
 (b) is a day set out in a determination made under subsection (3).
 (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), the Commission may, by legislative instrument, make a determination specifying a day.
 (4) Before making a determination under subsection (3), the Commission must consult with the public about the proposed determination.
 (5) In making a determination under subsection (3), the Commission must take into account comments made in consultations under subsection (4).
 (6) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii), this subsection covers the following information in relation to a 24 month period:
 (a) details of each gas EOI that the supplier intends to issue in that 24 month period, including:
 (i) the volume of regulated gas proposed to be supplied in accordance with the gas EOI; and
 (ii) the period over which that regulated gas is proposed to be supplied in accordance with the gas EOI;
 (b) the volume of uncontracted regulated gas that is likely to be available to the supplier in that 24 month period;
 (c) the volume of that uncontracted regulated gas:
 (i) that the supplier intends to be the subject of a gas EOI, a gas initial offer or a gas final offer in that 24 month period; or
 (ii) to be supplied under an agreement into which the supplier intends to enter in that 24 month period.
 (d) information of a kind specified in a determination under subsection (7).
 (7) For the purposes of paragraph (6)(d), the Commission may, by legislative instrument, make a determination specifying kinds of information.
 (8) Before making a determination under subsection (7), the Commission must consult with the public about the proposed determination.
 (9) In making a determination under subsection (7), the Commission must take into account comments made in consultations under subsection (8).
 (10) For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(iii), the statement complies