44Joint ventures—specified person to publish or report

44  Joint ventures—specified person to publish or report

 (a) a covered supplier carries on a joint venture; and

 (b) the joint venture is, or includes, gas market conduct.

 (2) Any of the persons who carry on the joint venture may notify the Commission in writing that:

 (a) a specified person will publish or report information on behalf of the joint venture for the purposes of this subsection; and

 (b) the information published or reported will relate to specified covered suppliers; and

 (c) the notice has effect for a specified period.

 (3) If the Commission receives a notice under subsection (2), during the period specified in the notice under paragraph (2)(c):

 (a) for the purposes of section 34, treat any statement maintained by the specified person on its website, to the extent it specifies that it is published for the purposes of that section and that it relates to the joint venture, as being a statement maintained on the website of each covered supplier specified in the notice under paragraph (2)(b) of this section;

 (b) for the purposes of sections 35 to 40, treat any notice given to the Commission by the specified person, to the extent it specifies that it is given for the purposes of any of those sections and that it relates to the joint venture, as being a notice given to the Commission by each of those covered suppliers.