201Approval of other Codes

201 Approval of other Codes

201 Approval of other Codes

(1) The Minister may—

(a) approve 1 or more Codes for the purposes of this Division, and

(b) vary or revoke an approved Code.

(2) An approval of a Code, or a variation or revocation of an approved Code, takes effect on—

(a) the day on which notice of the approval, variation or revocation is published in the Gazette, or

(b) a later day specified in the approval, variation or revocation.

(3) Before varying or revoking a Code or approving a Code as a replacement for an existing Code that applies to an authorised network operator as referred to in section 198(1)(c), the Minister must—

(a) notify each authorised network operator affected by the proposal, and

(b) give each operator an opportunity to make submissions on the proposal.

(4) The Minister must take into account any submission made by an authorised network operator within 20 business days after the operator was notified of the proposal.

(5) This section does not apply to an ARTC Code.

(6) In this section—

business day means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday throughout New South Wales.