INDEPENDENT PRICING AND REGULATORY TRIBUNAL ACT 1992 - SECT 24B
Appointment and functions of arbitrator
INDEPENDENT PRICING AND REGULATORY TRIBUNAL ACT 1992 - SECT 24B
Appointment and functions of arbitrator
24B Appointment and functions of arbitrator
(1) The Tribunal may act as arbitrator to hear and determine disputes referred
to arbitration under this Part. Alternatively, the Tribunal may appoint one or
more persons from a panel approved by the Minister (whether or not the persons
are members of the Tribunal) who may act as arbitrators to hear and determine
a dispute referred to arbitration under this Part.
(2) In the case of a
dispute between a third party wanting, but not having, access to a service and
the provider of the service, the arbitrator must give public notice of the
dispute. The notice must invite submissions to the arbitrator from the public
regarding the dispute and specify when and how those submissions may be made.
(3) In the arbitration of a dispute referred under this Part, the arbitrator
must take into account the following--
(b) any guidelines
referred to in section 12A (2) for the access regime to which the dispute
relates,
(c) any submissions made on the dispute by the public, in a case to
which subsection (2) applies,
(d) any other matters that the arbitrator
considers relevant.
(4) An arbitrator in an arbitration under this Part has
the powers of the Tribunal under section 22 (Tendering information, documents
and evidence). In the application of that section under this Part, a reference
to the Tribunal is taken to be a reference to the arbitrator.