Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission Act 1997

For an industry reference, the referring authority is as follows:

for an industry engaged in the provision in the ACT of electricity, water or sewerage services—the Minister;

for an industry engaged in the provision in the ACT of gas services—the Minister;

for any other regulated industry—the Minister who has, under section 4, declared that industry to be regulated;

for regulated industries in general—the Minister;

for another industry, or industries in general—the Minister;

for a reference provided for by another law of the Territory—the person authorised under that law to refer a matter to the commission.

For a regulatory reference, the referring authority may be any of the following:

the Minister responsible for the relevant government activity;

a member of the Legislative Assembly;

the commission;

any other person.

For a regulatory reference, a self-funding referring authority may be either of the following:

a member of the Legislative Assembly whose reference is not sponsored by the Territory (under section 19K (4));

any other person (other than a Minister or the commission).