Australian Communications Authority Act 1997
56ACA to maintain Register of policy notifications and Ministerial directions
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56 ACA to maintain Register of policy notifications and Ministerial directions
(1) The ACA is to maintain a Register in which the ACA includes: (a) all policies notified to the ACA under section 28 of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997; and (b) all directions given to the ACA under section 12. (2) The Register may be maintained by electronic means. (3) A person may, on payment of the charge (if any) fixed by a determination under section 53: (a) inspect the Register; and (b) make a copy of, or take extracts from, the Register. (4) For the purposes of this section, if the Register is maintained by electronic means, a person is taken to have made a copy of, or taken an extract from, the Register if the ACA gives the person a printout of, or of the relevant parts of, the Register. (5) If a person requests that a copy be provided in an electronic form, the ACA may provide the relevant information: (a) on a data processing device; or (b) by way of electronic transmission. (6) In this section:
data processing device means any article or material (for example, a disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced, with or without the aid of any other article or device.