Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

TRADE PRACTICES REGULATIONS 1974 - REG 6A

                An application to the Council under subsection 44F (1) of the Act for a declaration recommendation in respect of a particular service must include the following information:

                (a)    the applicant's name and, if the applicant is the designated Minister or an organisation, the name and contact details of a contact officer for the Minister or organisation;

               (b)    the applicant's address for the delivery of documents, including the notification of any decision of the designated Minister or the Council, relating to the application or the declaration recommendation;

                (c)    a description of the service and of the facility used to provide the service;

               (d)    the name of the provider, or of each provider, of the service and, if a provider does not own the facility, the name of the owner, or of each owner, of the facility, as the case requires;

                (e)    the reason for seeking access (or increased access) to the service;

                (f)    a brief description:

                          (i)    of how access (or increased access) would promote competition in at least one market (whether or not in Australia), other than the market for the service; and

                         (ii)    of the market, or of each of the markets, in which competition would be so promoted;

                (g)    the reason why the applicant believes that it would be uneconomical for anyone to develop another facility to provide the service;

                (h)    the reason why the facility is of national significance, having regard to the matters set out in paragraph 44G (2) (c) of the Act;

                (j)    a description of one or more methods by which access to the service can be provided and details of any risk to human health or safety caused by that method or those methods;

               (k)    if the service is already the subject of a regime for access to the service (including an access undertaking):

                          (i)    particulars of the regime including details, if any, about when the regime is to end; and

                         (ii)    reasons why the regime is not an effective access regime;

                 (l)    a description of efforts, if any, that have been made to negotiate access to the service.