Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997Reprint noteThis is the last reprint before repeal. Repealed on 24 August 2018 by 2018 SL No. 125 s 4.Queensland Competition Authority Regulation 2007Part 1General1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Queensland Competition Authority Regulation 2007.2DefinitionsIn this regulation—Allconnex Water ...def Allconnex Water ins 2010 SL No. 66s 4om 2012 Act No. 1s 96Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Law see the Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998, section 3.Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Regulations see the Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998, section 3.National Electricity (Queensland) Law see the Electricity—National Scheme (Queensland) Act 1997, section 3(1).National Electricity (Queensland) Regulations see the Electricity—National Scheme (Queensland) Act 1997, section 3(1).QR Limited ...def QR Limited ins 2008 SL No. 282s 11om 2010 Act No. 32s 66Queensland Urban Utilities means the Central SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority established under the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009, section 8.def Queensland Urban Utilities ins 2010 SL No. 66s 4railway manager ...def railway manager om 2010 Act No. 32s 66repealed regulation ...def repealed regulation om 2010 Act No. 32s 66subsidiary ...def subsidiary om 2010 Act No. 32s 66Unitywater means the Northern SEQ Distributor-Retailer Authority established under the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009, section 8.def Unitywater ins 2010 SL No. 66s 42ADeclaration of monopoly business activity—Act, s 20For section 20(1) of the Act, the government business activity of providing water and sewerage services by each of the following is declared to be a monopoly business activity—
  • (a)Bundaberg Regional Council;
  • (b)Cairns Regional Council;
  • (c)Gold Coast City Council;
  • (d)Logan City Council;
  • (e)Mackay Regional Council;
  • (f)Queensland Urban Utilities;
  • (g)Redland City Council;
  • (h)Rockhampton Regional Council;
  • (i)Toowoomba Regional Council;
  • (j)Townsville City Council;
  • (k)Unitywater.
    • s 2A ins 2008 SL No. 180s 4amd 2010 SL No. 66s 5; 2012 Act No. 1s 97    2BDeclaration under the Act, s 97—Central Queensland coal network rail infrastructures 2B ins 2010 SL No. 200s 3om 2010 Act No. 32s 672CDeclaration under the Act, s 97—Queensland Rail Limited rail infrastructures 2C ins 2010 SL No. 200s 3om 2010 Act No. 32s 673Fees—Act, s 245(2)(1)The fee payable to the authority for providing a service or performing a function mentioned in schedule 1 is the amount—
  • (a)the authority considers to be reasonable; and
  • (b)that is not more than the reasonable cost of providing the service or performing the function.
    • (2)The amount may be recovered as a debt payable to the authority.s 3 amd 2010 SL No. 200s 4; 2012 SL No. 198s 3    Part 2Repeal and transitional provisionspt hdg amd 2010 Act No. 32s 68Division 1Repeal4RepealThe Queensland Competition Authority Regulation 1997, SL No. 125 is repealed.Division 2Transitional provisionsdiv hdg sub 2010 Act No. 32s 695Transitional provision for Motor Accident Insurance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010The amendment of this regulation by the Motor Accident Insurance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 does not affect the power of the Governor in Council to further amend this regulation or to repeal it.s 5 amd 2008 SL No. 282s 12sub 2010 Act No. 32s 696Continuation of existing declaration under the Act, s 97—rail transport infrastructures 6 amd 2008 SL No. 282s 13om 2010 SL No. 200s 57Continuation of existing declaration under the Act, s 97—Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminals 7 om 2010 Act No. 32s 69    Schedule 1Services and functions for which fees are payablesection 3
  • 1each of the following services about pricing practices relating to a monopoly business activity under part 3, division 3 of the Act—
  • (a)giving advice;
  • (b)conducting an investigation;
  • (c)monitoring
  • 2if requested by a government agency or another person carrying on a monopoly business activity—giving advice about pricing practices relating to the activity under part 3, division 5 of the Act
  • 5consideration of a request for making a recommendation, under part 5, division 2 of the Act, for—
  • (a)the declaration by the Minister of a particular candidate service; or
  • (b)the revocation of a Ministerial declaration
  • 6mediation of an access dispute under part 5, division 5, subdivision 2A of the Act
  • 7arbitration of an access dispute, including the making of an access determination, under part 5, division 5, subdivision 3 of the Act
  • 8preparation or approval of a draft access undertaking under part 5, division 7 of the Act
  • 9preparation or approval of a draft access undertaking amending an approved access undertaking under part 5, division 7 of the Act
  • 10withdrawal of an approved access undertaking under part 5, division 7 of the Act
  • 11performance of any other function of the authority under part 5, division 7 of the Act, other than a function mentioned in item 7, 8 or 9
  • 12preparation or revision of a cost allocation manual under part 5, division 9 of the Act
  • 13consideration of a request for making a recommendation, under part 5A, division 2 of the Act—
  • (a)that a particular candidate water supply activity be declared by the Minister to be a monopoly water supply activity; or
  • (b)for the revocation of a declaration by the Minister of a monopoly water supply activity
  • 14performance of any function of the authority under part 5A, division 2, subdivision 7 of the Act, including the making of a water pricing determination for a monopoly water supply activity
  • 15taking action under part 5A, division 6, subdivision 2 of the Act
  • 16performance of a function given to the authority under the Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Law or the Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Regulations
  • 17performance of a function given to the authority under the Electricity Act 1994, the National Electricity (Queensland) Law, the National Electricity (Queensland) Regulations, the National Energy Retail Law (Queensland) Act 2014 or the National Energy Retail Law (Queensland) Regulation 2014
  • 18conduct of an arbitration hearing about an application for arbitration under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008, section 524(2)
  • 19if directed by the Minister—monitor compliance by a government agency, or conduct an arbitration hearing for resolving a dispute about a government agency’s compliance, with a code of conduct the agency has agreed to abide by
  • 21performance of any other function given to the authority under another Act
    • sch 1 prev sch 1 ins 2010 SL No. 200 s 6om 2012 SL No. 198 s 4pres sch 1 (prev sch 2 (prev sch)) sub 2010 SL No. 135 s 4renum 2010 SL No. 200 s 7amd 2012 SL No. 198 s 5(1)–(5)renum 2012 SL No. 198 s 5(6)amd 2013 SL No. 206 s 3; 2014 SL No. 338 s 57; 2015 Act No. 29 s 69sch 2