23Commission to keep register of, and to publish, outcomes of consideration of notices

##### 23 Commission to keep register of, and to publish, outcomes of consideration of notices (1) The Commission shall keep, at such place as the Commission determines, a register for the purposes of this section. (2) Where a person has given a notice (in this subsection referred to as the relevant notice) to the Commission under paragraph 22(2)(a), the Commission shall: (a) as soon as practicable after the prescribed time in relation to the relevant notice, include in the register: (i) a copy of the relevant notice, being a copy on which has been endorsed, or to which has been attached, a statement indicating the outcome of the consideration by the Commission of the relevant notice, including any action taken by the Commission in relation to the relevant notice and the outcome of any such action; and (ii) a copy of each notice given or served under this Act to or by the Commission in relation to the relevant notice; and (iii) a statement of the reasons for the outcome of the consideration by the Commission of the relevant notice; and (b) within 3 months after the prescribed time in relation to the relevant notice, cause to be published in the Gazette a notice: (i) stating that the relevant notice has been received by the Commission and specifying the date on which it was so received; and (ii) setting out such particulars (if any) relating to the outcome of the consideration by the Commission of the relevant notice as the Commission considers appropriate. (2A) A person who gives the Commission a document in relation to a notice under paragraph 22(2)(a) or makes an oral submission to the Commission in relation to a notice may ask the Commission to exclude from a document to be placed in the register any information: (a) that was in the person’s document or submission; and (b) that the person claims is confidential. (2B) The Commission may exclude the information if the Commission is satisfied that the claim is justified and is not of the opinion that disclosure of the information is necessary in the public interest. (3) A person may, at any time during ordinary office hours in the place where the register is kept, inspect or make copies of, or take extracts from, the register. (4) The validity of an act done by the Commission in relation to a notice given to the Commission under paragraph 22(2)(a) is not affected by a failure of the Commission to comply with this section. (5) In this section: > prescribed time, in relation to a notice given to the Commission under paragraph 22(2)(a), means the time at which expires the period that is, for the purposes of section 22, the prescribed period in relation to the notice. > register means the register kept for the purposes of this section.