Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) the ACMA is satisfied that a body or association represents a particular section of the industry; and
(b) that body or association develops an industry code that applies to participants in that section of the industry and deals with one or more matters relating to the industry activities of those participants; and
(c) the body or association gives a copy of the code to the ACMA; and
(d) the ACMA is satisfied that:
(i) to the extent to which the code deals with one or more matters of substantial relevance to the community--the code provides appropriate community safeguards for that matter or those matters; and
(ii) to the extent to which the code deals with one or more matters that are not of substantial relevance to the community--the code deals with that matter or those matters in an appropriate manner; and
(e) the ACMA is satisfied that, before giving the copy of the code to the ACMA:
(i) the body or association published a draft of the code and invited members of the public to make submissions to the body or association about the draft within a specified period; and
(ii) the body or association gave consideration to any submissions that were received from members of the public within that period; and
(f) the ACMA is satisfied that, before giving the copy of the code to the ACMA:
(i) the body or association published a draft of the code and invited participants in that section of the industry to make submissions to the body or association about the draft within a specified period; and
(ii) the body or association gave consideration to any submissions that were received from participants in that section of the industry within that period.
(2) The ACMA must register the code by including it in the Register of industry codes kept under section 130ZA.
(3) A period specified under subparagraph (1)(e)(i) or (1)(f)(i) must run for at least 30 days.
(4) If:
(a) an industry code (the new code ) is registered under this Part; and
(b) the new code is expressed to replace another industry code;
the other code ceases to be registered under this Part when the new code is registered.