Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974 - SECT 29O

             (1)  Within 60 days after the end of each financial year, the Councillors must give a report on the Council's operations during that year to the Minister for presentation to the Parliament.

             (2)  The report must also include details of the following:

                     (a)  the time taken by the Council to make a recommendation on any application under section 44F, 44M or 44NA (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)  any of the matters mentioned in subsection 44H(4) (about matters relevant to declaring 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.