Section 53VCompetition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Dispute and complaint resolution

(1) A gas market code may include rules about disputes between gas market participants relating to gas market conduct, including:

(a) disputes or complaints arising under, or in relation to, a gas market code; or

(b) disputes arising during negotiations between gas market participants, including any of the following:

(i) disputes relating to a prospective agreement between gas market participants;

(ii) price disputes.

(2) A gas market code may include the following rules about disputes between gas market participants relating to gas market conduct:

(a) rules requiring a gas market participant to have internal or external dispute resolution processes;

(b) rules requiring those processes to meet specified criteria.

(3) A gas market code may do any of the following:

(a) provide for a gas market participant to complain to the Minister or the Commission about:

(i) a contravention of a gas market code; or

(ii) a dispute between gas market participants relating to gas market conduct;

(b) include rules about any of the following matters:

(i) the manner in which such a complaint is made;

(ii) how the Minister or the Commission deals with such a complaint.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 22 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

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