Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 29O

    An annual report prepared by the Council President and given to the Minister under section   46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must include details of the following:

  (a)   the time taken by the Council to make a recommendation on any application under section   44F, 44M, 44NA or 44NBA (about access regime applications under Part   IIIA);

  (b)   any court or Tribunal decision interpreting:

  (i)   paragraph   (f) of the definition of service in section   44B (which is an exclusion to do with production processes); or

  (ii)   section   44CA (about declaration criteria for services under Part   IIIA);

  (c)   any matter the Council considers has impeded the operation of Part   IIIA from delivering efficient access outcomes;

  (d)   any evidence of the benefits arising from determinations of the Commission under section   44V (about arbitration determinations under Part   IIIA);

  (e)   any evidence of the costs of, or the disincentives for, investment in the infrastructure by which declared services (within the meaning of Part   IIIA) are provided;

  (f)   any implications for the operation of Part   IIIA in the future.