Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 405

             (1)  Before making connection rules under section 404, 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 rules (either directly, or indirectly by means of a report under paragraph (2)(g)); and

                     (b)  due consideration has been given to any representation so made.

             (2)  The ACMA may make an arrangement with any of the following bodies or associations:

                     (a)  Standards Australia International Limited;

                     (b)  a body or association approved in writing by Standards Australia International Limited 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 draft rules; and

                     (e)  publishes the draft rules; and

                      (f)  undertakes the process of public consultation on the draft rules; 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.