Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Before making a technical standard under section 384, the ACMA must, so far as is practicable, try to ensure that:
(a) interested persons have had an adequate opportunity to make representations about the proposed standard (either directly, or indirectly by means of a report under paragraph (2)(g)); and
(b) due consideration has been given to any representations so made.
(2) The ACMA may make an arrangement with any of the following bodies or associations:
(a) Standards Australia;
(b) a body or association approved in writing by Standards Australia for the purposes of this subsection;
(c) a body or association specified in a written determination made by the ACMA for the purposes of this subsection;
under which the body or association:
(d) prepares a draft of a standard; and
(e) publishes the draft standard; and
(f) undertakes a process of public consultation on the draft standard; and
(g) reports to the ACMA on the results of that process of public consultation.
(3) A copy of an approval under paragraph (2)(b) is to be published in the Gazette .
(4) A copy of a determination under paragraph (2)(c) is to be published in the Gazette .
(5) For the purposes of subsection (1), interested persons are taken not to have had an adequate opportunity to make representations unless there was a period of at least 60 days during which the representations could be made.