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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 517

Publication of reports

  (1)   This section applies if the ACMA prepares a report under section   516.

  (2)   If the report was prepared under subsection   516(1), the ACMA may cause the report to be published.

  (3)   If the report was prepared under subsection   516(2), the Minister may direct the ACMA to publish the report. The ACMA must comply with the direction. The ACMA must not otherwise cause the report to be published.

  (4)   The ACMA is not required to publish, or to disclose to a person to whose affairs it relates, a report or a part of a report if the publication or disclosure would:

  (a)   disclose a matter of a confidential character; or

  (b)   be likely to prejudice the fair trial of a person.

  (5)   The ACMA is not required to publish a report or part of a report if the publication would involve the unreasonable disclosure of personal information about any individual (including a deceased individual).



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