Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 152AO

             (1)  Subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies to a power conferred on the Commission by section 152AL, but it applies with the following changes.

          (1A)  If:

                     (a)  a declaration under section 152AL relates to a particular service; and

                     (b)  in the Commission's opinion, the service is of minor importance;

the Commission is not required to hold a public inquiry under Part 25 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 about a proposal to revoke the declaration.

             (3)  If a variation of a declaration under subsection 152AL(3) or (8A) is a variation that, under the Procedural Rules, is taken to be a variation of a minor nature, the Commission is not required to hold a public inquiry under Part 25 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 about the proposed variation.