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Queensland Government Gazette Extraordinary PP 451207100087 PUBLISHED by AUTHORITY ISSN 0155-9370 QueenslandQueensland Government Government Gazette Gazette PP 451207100087 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ISSN 0155-9370 Vol. 357] Friday 17 June 2011 Gazette Back Issues - 2003 to 2011 To view copies of past years Gazettes please follow the Tofollowing view previous steps: years of all Gazettes, please visit our website at: 1. Go to www.bookshop.qld.gov.au www.bookshop.qld.gov.au 1.2. Click onon thethe GovernmentQueensland Crest Government that appears Crest on that the frontappears on the front page page 2. Choose the year required 3.3 Choose the week required 4. This should open the PDF copy of the combined gazette for that week (i.e. all Gazettes published for that week). 5. Should you have any problems opening the PDF, please contact [email protected] [387] Queensland Government Gazette Extraordinary PP 451207100087 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ISSN 0155-9370 Vol. 357] Friday 10 June 2011 [No. 49 Queensland Reconstruction Authority Act 2011 PERMANENT ROAD CLOSURE Under the provisions of section 106 of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority Act 2011, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (the Authority) gives notice that from 10 June 2011 the Authority permanently closes part of a road in the Grantham Reconstruction Area. Under section 106(1) of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority Act 2011 the Authority may perform functions or exercise powers for a road in a reconstruction area that the Authority considers necessary or desirable to perform its other functions. The Authority has determined it necessary to permanently close an area of about 2.4 hectares being unnamed road located between lot 123 on CA3121, lot 124 on CA3121, lot 128 on CA3121, lot 127 on CA3121, lot 1 on RP850917 and lot 132 on CA3121 to facilitate construction in the Grantham Reconstruction Area. For more information on the Queensland Reconstruction Authority: Telephone: 1800 110 841 Visit: www.qldreconstruction.org.au © The State of Queensland (SDS Publications) 2011 Copyright protects this publication. Except for purposes permitted by the Copyright Act, reproduction by whatever means is prohibited without the prior written permission of SDS Publications. Inquiries should be addressed to SDS Publications, Gazette Advertising, PO Box 5506, Brendale QLD 4500. _____________________________ BRISBANE Printed by Government Printer, Vulture Street, Woolloongabba 10 June 2011 [389] Queensland Government Gazette Extraordinary PP 451207100087 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY ISSN 0155-9370 Vol. 357] Wednesday 15 June 2011 [No. 50 Gas Supply Act 2003 (v) other persons who live with the customer to provide care and assistance and who do not pay QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT RETICULATED NATURAL GAS REBATE rent; and I hereby advise that, on and from 1 July 2011, the Queensland declares that no other person(s) except casual Government Reticulated Natural Gas Rebate, which is to be visitors share the residence with the customer; and provided by retailers under section 175A of the Gas Supply Act 2003, will be provided on the terms set out in the following (d) makes application for a rebate either by submitting schedule. the relevant form or, at the discretion of the retailer, by providing the relevant information and Dated this 15 day of June 2011 declarations by telephone or electronic means. STEPHEN ROBERTSON MP 2. Where a gas account is in more than one name, and more Minister for Energy and Water Utilities than one resident is eligible to receive the rebate, each resident may have their eligibility established. However, QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT RETICULATED NATURAL GAS REBATE only one rebate per household will be paid. 1. A Queensland Government Reticulated Natural Gas 3. The retailer may, at any time, require a new application Rebate is available to a customer provided the customer: from a customer and if the customer fails to lodge a new application within the time specified by the retailer the (a) holds a current and valid card of the following type – rebate shall cease. (i) Pensioner Concession Card, issued by either 4. A Queensland Government Reticulated Natural Gas Rebate Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs; is also applicable to the gas account of residential home or parks and other similar multi-tenanted residential premises (ii) Repatriation Health Card for All Conditions (Gold provided the following sub-conditions are met: Card) and is in receipt of one of the following payments: (a) the customer (i.e. the owner or operator of the multi- (A) War Widow (including Widowed Mother tenanted residential premises) of the retailer at the premises concerned – [AMS] Pension); or (B) Special Rate T.P.I. (including Blinded (i) supplies gas to each of the separately Disability) Pension; or identifiable vans, flats or home units, or other (iii) Queensland Government Seniors Card; and similar living units at the premises; and (ii) charges for gas on the basis of metered (b) is a customer of a retailer at the premises for which consumption; and the rebate is claimed and the premises is the customer’s principal place of residence, and the only (iii) is claiming the rebate on behalf of eligible persons residence in Queensland for which the customer (other than the person being a customer of the claims the rebate; and retailer) residing at the premises (‘claimant residents’); and (c) lives alone or shares the premises in respect of which (iv) will fully pass on the rebate to each claimant the rebate is claimed with: resident by way of a reduction in charges for (i) the customer’s spouse; or gas; and (ii) other persons who hold a current and valid card (v) has obtained each claimant resident’s authority of the type described in paragraph (a) above; or to: (iii) other persons wholly dependent on the (A) apply for the rebate; and customer; or (B) verify the claimant resident’s details with (iv) other persons who receive an income support Centrelink or the Department of Communities; payment from Centrelink, Family Assistance and Office or Department of Veterans’ Affairs and (C) disclose their details in connection with who do not pay rent; or eligibility and receiving the rebate; and 390 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE No. 50 [15 June 2011 (vi) has sighted the claimant resident’s Pensioner (iii) other persons wholly dependent on the Concession Card, Repatriation Health Card for customer; or all Conditions (Gold Card) or Queensland (iv) other persons who receive an income support Government Seniors Card (as applicable) at the payment from Centrelink, Family Assistance time the application for the rebate is made, to Office or Department of Veterans’ Affairs and ensure it is issued in the name of the claimant who do not pay rent; or resident; and (v) other persons who live with the customer to (b) each separately identifiable living unit for which the provide care and assistance and who do not pay rebate is claimed is occupied for the entire billing rent; and period in respect of which the rebate is claimed by declares that no other person(s) except casual persons who, if they had been supplied directly by visitors share the residence with the customer; and the retailer, would have been eligible for the Reticulated Natural Gas Rebate; and (d) makes application for a rebate either by submitting the relevant form or, at the discretion of the retail (c) a rebate is only applicable to claimant residents for entity, by providing the relevant information and gas consumed in the billing period to which the declarations by telephone or electronic means. customer’s gas account relates; and 2. Where an electricity account is in more than one name, (d) a completed rebate application form, in writing, must and more than one resident is eligible to receive the be produced with the customer’s gas account at the rebate, each resident may have their eligibility time payment is tendered. established. However, only one rebate per household will 5. The rebate is $0.1579 (GST exclusive) per day applied be paid. against the dollar and cents value of the gas consumed 3. The retail entity may, at any time, require a new based on the applicable (GST exclusive) tariff. application from a customer and if the customer fails to The rebate paid shall not be greater than the amount lodge a new application within the time specified by the billed (excluding GST) for customer retail services retail entity the rebate shall cease. provided to the customer in the billing period to which the 4. A Queensland Government Electricity Rebate is also rebate relates. To avoid doubt, this does not prohibit the applicable to the electricity account of residential home retailer crediting a customer’s bill with the full amount of parks and other similar multi-tenanted residential a rebate that is paid retrospectively. premises provided the following sub-conditions are met: Electricity Act 1994 (a) the customer (i.e. the owner or operator of the multi- tenanted residential premises) of the retail entity at QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT ELECTRICITY REBATE the premises concerned – I hereby advise that, on and from 1 July 2011, the Queensland (i) supplies electricity to each of the separately Government electricity rebate, which is to be provided by identifiable vans, flats or home units, or other retailers under section 55DA of the Electricity Act 1994, will be similar living units at the premises; and provided on the terms set out in the following schedule. (ii) charges for electricity on the basis of metered consumption; and Dated this 15 day of June 2011 (iii) is claiming the rebate on behalf of eligible STEPHEN ROBERTSON MP persons (other than the person being a Minister for Energy and Water Utilities customer of the retail entity) residing at the premises (‘claimant residents’); and QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT ELECTRICITY REBATE (iv) will fully pass on the rebate to each claimant resident by way of a reduction in charges for 1.
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