New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

GAS SUPPLY (NATURAL GAS RETAIL COMPETITION) REGULATION 2001 - REG 21

21 Variation of charges under a standard form customer supply contract

(1) A variation in the rates of charges for gas supplied by a supplier under a standard form customer supply contract has no effect, and may not be imposed by the supplier, unless a notice setting out particulars of the variation is first:

(a) published by the relevant supplier in a newspaper or newspapers circulating throughout New South Wales or the area in which the variation is to take effect and on the supplier’s internet site, or

(b) in relation to gas supplied only to a particular customer or group of customers, served on the customer or group of customers.

(2) The particulars to be set out in the notice must:

(a) specify the date on or after which the variation is to take effect, being a date that is later than the date the notice is published or served, and

(b) include a statement of the new rates or the amount of the variation.

(3) The notice may have general application or may be limited in its application by reference to specified exceptions or factors.