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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 500

Written submissions and protection from civil actions

  (1)   The ACCC must provide a reasonable opportunity for any member of the public to make a written submission to the ACCC about the matter to which a public inquiry relates.

  (2)   For the purposes of subsection   (1), the ACCC is taken not to have provided a reasonable opportunity to make submissions unless there was a period of at least 28 days during which the submissions could be made.

  (3)   Civil proceedings do not lie against a person in respect of loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by another person because of the making in good faith of a statement, or the giving in good faith of a document or information, to the ACCC in connection with a public inquiry under this Division.

  (4)   The rule in subsection   (3) applies whether or not the statement is made, or the document or information is given, in connection with a written submission or a public hearing.


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