COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 44L Review of decision not to revoke a declaration

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 44L

  (1)   If the designated Minister decides not to revoke a declaration, the provider may apply in writing to the Tribunal for review of the decision.

  (2)   An application for review must be made within 21 days after publication of the designated Minister's decision.

  (3)   The review by the Tribunal is a re - consideration of the matter based on the information, reports and things referred to in section   44ZZOAA.

Note:   There are limits on the information to which the Tribunal may have regard (see section   44ZZOAA) and time limits that apply to the Tribunal's decision on the review (see section   44ZZOA).

  (4)   For the purposes of the review, the Tribunal has the same powers as the designated Minister.

  (5)   The member of the Tribunal presiding at the review may require the Council to give assistance for the purposes of the review.

  (5A)   Without limiting subsection   (5), the member may, by written notice, require the Council to give information, and to make reports, of a kind specified in the notice, within the period specified in the notice, for the purposes of the review.

  (5B)   The Tribunal must:

  (a)   give a copy of the notice to:

  (i)   the person who applied for review; and

  (ii)   any other person who has been made a party to the proceedings for review by the Tribunal; and

  (b)   publish, by electronic or other means, the notice.

  (6)   The Tribunal may either:

  (a)   affirm the designated Minister's decision; or

  (b)   set aside the designated Minister's decision and revoke the declaration.