Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) under a gazette notice in force under the Gas Act, section 228, notified prices apply to the provision of services that are, or relate to, customer retail services for protected customers by particular retailers (the stated retailers); and
(b) the stated retailers do not include a particular energy entity.
(2) This section also applies if--
(a) under a gazette notice in force under the Gas Act, section 228, notified prices apply to the provision of services by a particular energy entity that are, or relate to, customer retail services for protected customers in a particular area (the stated area); and
(b) the stated area no longer corresponds to the energy entity's retail area.
(3) If subsection (1) applies, the Minister may, by gazette notice, apply the notified prices (the applied prices) to the energy entity in relation to its retail area.
(4) If subsection (2) applies, the Minister may, by gazette notice, apply the notified prices (also the applied prices) to the energy entity's retail area.
(5) For the Gas Act, sections 229 to 232, the applied prices are taken to be notified prices.
(6) The Minister's gazette notice applies to the energy entity even if the entity stops being an energy entity.
(7) However, the Minister's gazette notice stops applying if the energy Minister issues a later gazette notice under the Gas Act, section 228, that applies to the energy entity or the entity after it stops being an energy entity.