The ACCC has prepared advice and draft rules on proposed amendments to the Water Market Rules 2009 and the Water Charge (Termination Fees) Rules 2009.
The minister wrote to the ACCC in September 2009 requesting advice on possible amendments of a technical nature to the rules.
As outlined in the letter the proposed amendments relate to:
- Murray Irrigation Limited’s (MIL’s) reissue of irrigators’ water entitlements. MIL has expressed concern that it may not benefit from the protection against legal action that s.97(10) of the Water Act 2007 provides to operators
- minor amendments to address technical issues with the rules.
These amendments do not appear to raise any policy implications and are proposed to ensure the rules more accurately reflect the ACCC’s final advice on rules provided to the minister in December 2008.
The ACCC provided its final advice to the minster in March 2010.