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ACCC guidance on the Water Market Rules 2009

9 January 2023

The ACCC has recently published updated guidance on the Water Market Rules 2009 at https://www.accc.gov.au/regulated-infrastructure/water/water-market-rules:

  • Application of the rules This guidance has been designed to assist irrigation infrastructure operators to understand if and how the water market rules apply to them
  • Transformation processes and transformation application fees This guidance has been designed to assist operators to develop and implement policies related to transformation processes and transformation application fees that comply with the water market rules Security  This guidance has been designed to assist irrigation infrastructure operators to develop and implement policies related to security that comply with the water market rules
  • Fixed network losses This guidance has been designed to assist irrigation infrastructure operators to develop and implement policies related to fixed network losses that comply with the water market rules
  • Dispute resolution  This guidance has been designed to assist irrigation infrastructure operators to develop dispute resolution policies that comply with the water market rules.

If there is another more appropriate contact point in your organisation to receive this notification, please forward the email to them and provide us with their contact details, so we can update our records.

For more information on the ACCC’s roles under the Water Act 2007 (Cth) please visit our website: https://www.accc.gov.au/regulated-infrastructure/water.

If you have any questions about the guidance materials, or suggested topics for future guidance, you are welcome to contact the ACCC at [email protected].