Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PRICES SURVEILLANCE ACT 1983 No. 145, 1983 - SECT 23

23. (1) The Authority shall keep, at such place as the Authority determines, a
register for the purposes of this section.

(2) Where a person has given a notice (in this sub-section referred to as
the ''relevant notice'') to the Authority under paragraph 22 (2) (a), the
Authority shall-

   (a)  as soon as practicable after the prescribed time in relation to the
        relevant notice, include in the register-

        (i)    a copy of the relevant notice, being a copy on which has been
               endorsed, or to which has been attached, a statement indicating
               the outcome of the consideration by the Authority of the
               relevant notice, including any action taken by the Authority in
               relation to the relevant notice and the outcome of any such
               action; and

        (ii)   a copy of each notice given or served under this Act to or by
               the Authority in relation to the relevant notice; and

   (b)  within 3 months after the prescribed time in relation to the
        relevant notice, cause to be published in the Gazette a notice-

        (i)    stating that the relevant notice has been received by the
               Authority and specifying the date on which it was so received;
               and

        (ii)   setting out such particulars (if any) relating to the outcome
               of the consideration by the Authority of the relevant notice as
               the Authority considers appropriate.

(3) A person may, at any time during ordinary office hours in the place where
the register is kept, inspect or make copies of, or take extracts from, the
register.

(4) The validity of an act done by the Authority in relation to a notice given
to the Authority under paragraph 22 (2) (a) is not affected by a failure of
the Authority to comply with this section.

(5) In this section-

         ''prescribed time'', in relation to a notice given to the Authority
under paragraph 22 (2) (a), means the time at which expires the period that
is, for the purposes of section 22, the prescribed period in relation to the
notice;

         ''register'' means the register kept for the purposes of this
section.