Unitywater ICN-002624-Original-RELEASED

  Information Notice – Decision to issue Infrastructure Charges Notice
The applicant is advised that the following Information Notice about the decision to give an
Infrastructure Charges Notice is in accordance with section 99BRCK (2) of the South-East
Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009.

The Infrastructure Charges Notice is issued pursuant to Chapter 4C Part 7 Division 3 Subdivision 3
of the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 as in force on
the day the Infrastructure Charges Notice has been prepared.

In accordance with section 99BRAY of the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail
Restructuring) Act 2009, an appeal of an original decision must be, in the first instance, by way of
an application for an internal review.

A request for an internal review and the subsequent review of the request will be carried out in
accordance with Chapter 4C, Part 4, Division 1 and Division 2 of the South-East Queensland
Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 and for ease of reference the following
sections of the Act are provided:

99BRAY Appeal process starts with internal review
An appeal of an original decision, other than an appeal against a compliance notice, must be, in
the first instance, by way of an application for internal review.

99BRAZ Who may apply for review
(1) An interested person for an original decision may apply for an internal review of the decision
    (an internal review application).
(2) An internal review application may be made only to the chief executive officer of the relevant
    distributor-retailer (the reviewer).

99BRBA Requirements for making internal review application
An internal review application must be—
    (a) accompanied by a statement of the grounds on which the applicant seeks the review of the
        decision; and
    (b) supported by enough information to enable the reviewer to decide the application; and
    (c) made within 30 business days after the day—
        (i) for a failure to decide or a deemed refusal of a conversion application—the relevant
             decision was required to be made; or
        (ii) otherwise—the original decision is made.

99BRBB Review decision
(1) The reviewer must, within the review decision period—
    (a) review the original decision the subject of the application; and
    (b) make a decision (the review decision) to—
         (i) confirm the original decision; or
         (ii) amend the original decision; or
         (iii) substitute another decision for the original decision.
(2) The application must not be dealt with by—
    (a) the person who made the original decision; or
    (b) a person in a less senior office than the person who made the original decision.
(3) Subsection (2)—
    (a) applies despite the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 27A; and
    (b) does not apply to an original decision made by the chief executive officer.
(4) If the review decision confirms the original decision, for the purpose of an appeal, the original
    decision is taken to be the review decision.
(5) If the review decision amends the original decision, for the purpose of an appeal, the original
    decision as amended is taken to be the review decision.

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