Competition and Consumer Act 2010
171Annual report by Commission
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171 Annual report by Commission
(2) An annual report prepared by the Chairperson and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must include a cumulative list of all Commonwealth, State and Territory laws that the Commission knows about that authorise things for the purposes of subsection 51(1) of this Act or subsection 51(1) of the Competition Code (as defined in section 150A).
(3) The report must also include:
(aa) details of the time taken by the Commission to:
(i) make final determinations under section 44V in relation to access disputes; and
(ii) make decisions on access undertaking applications (within the meaning of section 44B) or access code applications (within the meaning of that section); and
(iii) make decisions on applications under subsection 44PA(1) (about government tendering); and
(ab) the following information relating to the acquisitions provisions:
(i) the number of notification waiver applications made, and a general summary of the kinds of acquisitions to which the applications related;
(ii) the number of notifications of acquisitions made, and a general description of the kinds of acquisitions notified;
(iii) the number of notifications that the Commission decided were to be subject to phase 2 review, and a general summary of the circumstances in which the Commission made such decisions;
(iv) the number of acquisition determinations the Commission made that included conditions, and a general description of the kinds of conditions included;
(v) a general summary of the kinds of goodwill protection provisions specified in notifications of acquisitions (see subsection 51ABY(6));
(vi) the number of declarations the Commission included in determinations under subsection 51ABZG(1), and a general summary of the circumstances in which the Commission included such declarations; and
(a) the number of:
(i) notices given by the Commission under section 155; and
(iii) notices given by the Commission under section 155A; and
(b) a general description of the nature of the matters in respect of which the notices were given; and
(c) the number of proceedings brought to challenge the validity of the notices; and
(ca) the number of search warrants issued by a judge under section 135Z or signed by a judge under section 136; and
(d) the number of search warrants issued by a magistrate under section 154X or signed by a magistrate under section 154Y; and
(da) a general description of the nature of the matters in respect of which the search warrants referred to in paragraph (ca) or (d) were issued or signed; and