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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 5 (Hansard) 16 May) . . Page.. 1457 ..

(2) It is expected that consideration of further obligations will be incorporated in the Budget process and will be included in ACTEW Corporation's Statement of Corporate Intent. As it may not be possible to initially define and address all CSO's, I anticipate that it will take more than a year to publicly notify these additional obligations.

(3) The accountability framework in the Territory Owned Corporations Act 1990 will provide the Government with the basis for monitoring and enforcement. This process involves periodic reporting by the Corporation to the voting shareholders.

The independent pricing arrangements will also provide for independent scrutiny of this process in relation to pricing and community service obligations.

(4) The Essential Services Review Committee will continue its role as described by legislation. ie. consider and decide applications from persons who have or are experiencing financial hardship and who are likely to be directly affected by the withdrawal of electricity or water. Funding for the committee was transferred from ACTEW Corporation to the Department of Urban Services following corporatisation. This arrangement has improved the independence of the Committee.

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