New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INDEPENDENT PRICING AND REGULATORY TRIBUNAL ACT 1992 - SECT 9

9 Arrangements with other entities

(1) The Tribunal may enter into arrangements with any government agency, or other body or person (whether in the public or private sector):

(a) for the provision of assistance to the Tribunal in connection with investigations under this Act or the exercise of other functions of the Tribunal (whether under this or any other Act), or

(b) for the provision of assistance by the Tribunal to the agency or other body or person by means of the provision of services that are within the Tribunal’s field of expertise and relevant to its functions.

(2) The Tribunal is not to enter into an arrangement for the provision of services by the Tribunal unless the Minister has approved of the arrangement.

(3) In entering into an arrangement for the provision of services by the Tribunal, the Tribunal has a duty to ensure that giving effect to the arrangement will not interfere with the ability of the Tribunal to exercise its functions.

(4) The Tribunal may engage consultants to assist it in the exercise of its functions.

(5) The Tribunal is entitled to charge for the services that it provides under this section, whether or not regulations have been made under section 29 for or with respect to fees for those services.