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The Minister must publish on the Department's Internet site a notice which includes the following:
 (a) a statement that the Minister proposes to make, amend or revoke (as the case may be), water market rules under subsection 97(1) of the Act;
 (b) a copy of the proposed rules;
 (c) a summary of the proposed rules;
 (d) a copy of the advice provided by the ACCC.
 (3) The Minister must publish a notice which includes the following:
 (a) a statement that the Minister proposes to make, amend or revoke (as the case may be), water market rules under subsection 97(1) of the Act;
 (b) a statement that a copy of the proposed rules, a summary of the proposed rules, and a copy of the ACCC's advice is published at the Department's Internet site;
 (c) the Internet address at which the proposed rules are published.
 (4) The notice required under subregulation (3) must be published in:
 (a) a nationally circulating newspaper; and
 (b) for each Basin State, in a newspaper with an agribusiness focus circulating in the Basin State.
 (5) The notices required under subregulations (2) and (3) may be combined with the following notices:
 (a) if subregulation 4.16(1) applies—a notice under subregulation 4.16(2);
 (b) if subregulation 4.19(1), (2) or (3) applies—a notice under the appropriate subregulation.
 (6) The Minister must give the notices required under this regulation:
 (a) if the Minister is required to undertake consultations under regulation 4.16—not less than 4 weeks before the proposed rules, amendments or revocations are made; or
 (b) if the Minister is required to undertake consultations under subregulations 4.19(1), (2) or (3)—not less than 8 weeks before the proposed rules are made, amended or revoked; or
 (c) if the Minister is not required to undertake those consultations because the ACCC has consulted as described in regulation 4.18—not less than 4 weeks before the proposed rules are made, amended or revoked.

Subdivision 4.2.5—Consultations

4.18  Minister must consult unless ACCC consults
 (1) If regulation 4.16 does not apply, the Minister must, after receiving the ACCC's advice, and before proceeding with the proposal to make, amend or revoke water market rules, consult as required under regulation 4.19, unless:
 (a) the ACCC's advice in relation to the proposal includes draft rules; and
 (b) the Minister proposes to adopt the draft rules, or draft rules that are, in Minister's opinion, substantially the same as the draft rules; and
 (c) the ACCC provides records of consultation to the Minister, as required under paragraph 4.15(f); and
 (d) the Minister is satisfied that, in relation to the draft rules which the Minister intends to adopt, before the ACCC provided its advice, the ACCC invited the following to make written submissions to the ACCC: