Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974 No. 51, 1974 - SECT 89

89. (1) An application for an authorization shall be made in writing as
prescribed.

(2) The Commission shall cause to be made public in such manner as it thinks
fit notice of the receipt by the Commission of an application for an
authorization.

(3) The Commission shall keep a register of applications for authorizations
received by it.

(4) Subject to sub-sections (5) and (6), the register kept under sub-section
(3) shall include-

   (a)  any document furnished to the Commission in relation to an application
        for an authorization, including any notice by the Attorney-General in
        relation to the application under paragraph 90 (9) (b);

   (b)  particulars of any oral submission made to the Commission in relation
        to such an application; and

   (c)  the determination of the Commission on such an application and the
        statement of the reasons given by the Commission for that
        determination.

(5) Where the Commission is satisfied that it is desirable to do so by reason
of the confidential nature of any document or for any other reason, the
Commission may direct that a document referred to in paragraph (4) (a) or (b)
shall not be included in the register kept under sub-section (3).

(6) A document shall not be included in the register kept under sub-section
(3) if a direction in relation to that document is in force under paragraph 22
(1) (b).

(7) Where a corporation makes an application for an authorization under
sub-section 88 (7) in relation to the acquisition of shares in the capital of
a body corporate that is a company to which the Companies (Foreign Take-overs)
Act 1972-1973 applies, the corporation shall furnish a copy of the application
to the Minister administering that Act.