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What we do
Under the Water Act 2007 and the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 the ACCC has four main functions:
- Enforcing rules under the Water Act
- Monitoring compliance with those rules under the Water Act
- Providing advice to the minister (currently the Hon, Mr Tony Burke MP, the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) as well as the Murray-Darling Basin Authority,
- Enforcing fair trading legislation, applicable to all businesess including those trading water.
Under the Water Act, the ACCC's role does not relate to:
- urban water supplies, or
- water resources outside the Murray-Darling Basin
Notes ongoing projects and calls for public submissions
Information and guides to assist irrigators understand the process of transforming, terminating and selling water entitlements. Additionally guides for irrigators explain their rights under the Competition and Consumer Act when using a water broker or exchange.
Information and compliance requirements for operators under the water market rules and water charge rules
Information and guides to assist understanding about the fair trading obligations under the Competition and Consumer Act
Information and a guide on the water charge rules relevant to Basin jurisdiction governments and their water agencies.
How to make a complaint to the ACCC, the ACCC's enforcement strategy for the water market and water charge rules and details of the enforcement actions taken by the ACCC in relation to breaches of these rules
Development of ACCC advice to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority on water trading rules for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan
Information on the ACCC's formal monitoring role under the Water Act.
Information on policy advice prepared by the ACCC under the Water Act
Links to the individual rules and explanatory statements
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