INDEPENDENT PRICING AND REGULATORY TRIBUNAL ACT 1992 - SECT 24FE Membership and procedure of Advisory Committee

INDEPENDENT PRICING AND REGULATORY TRIBUNAL ACT 1992 - SECT 24FE

24FE Membership and procedure of Advisory Committee

(1) The Utilities Licence Auditing Advisory Committee is to consist of six part-time members appointed by the Minister.

(2) Of the members of the Advisory Committee--

(a) one is to have expertise in, and extensive knowledge of, water conservation and associated environmental matters and is to be appointed by the Minister from a panel of three persons nominated jointly by the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, the Council of Social Services of New South Wales and the Australian Consumers Association, and

(b) one is to have expertise in, and extensive knowledge of, electricity distribution and retail supply and associated environmental matters and is to be appointed by the Minister from a panel of three persons nominated jointly by the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, the Council of Social Services of New South Wales and the Australian Consumers Association, and

(c) one is to have expertise in, and knowledge of, consumer issues and is to be appointed by the Minister from a panel of three persons nominated jointly by the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, the Council of Social Services of New South Wales and the Australian Consumers Association, and

(d) two are to be nominated by the Minister for Energy, and

(e) one is to be nominated by the Minister for the Environment.

(3) Schedule 3A has effect with respect to the membership and procedure of the Advisory Committee.