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Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997
sec.142Submission and approval of voluntary draft amending access undertaking
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### sec.142 Submission and approval of voluntary draft amending access undertaking
The responsible person who gave an approved access undertaking may, without receiving an initial amendment notice, give to the authority a draft access undertaking amending the approved access undertaking.
The authority must consider a draft access undertaking given to it under subsection (1) and either approve, or refuse to approve, the draft access undertaking.
If the authority refuses to approve the draft access undertaking, it must give to the responsible person a written notice stating—
the reasons for the refusal; and
the way in which the authority considers it is appropriate to amend the draft access undertaking.
In this section—
responsible person who gave an approved access undertaking includes a person who gave the access undertaking because the person expects to be the owner or operator of the service to which the access undertaking relates.
s 142 amd 2000 No. 15 s 2 sch ; 2005 No. 37 s 20
(sec.142-ssec.1) The responsible person who gave an approved access undertaking may, without receiving an initial amendment notice, give to the authority a draft access undertaking amending the approved access undertaking.
(sec.142-ssec.2) The authority must consider a draft access undertaking given to it under subsection (1) and either approve, or refuse to approve, the draft access undertaking.
(sec.142-ssec.3) If the authority refuses to approve the draft access undertaking, it must give to the responsible person a written notice stating— the reasons for the refusal; and the way in which the authority considers it is appropriate to amend the draft access undertaking.
(sec.142-ssec.4) In this section— responsible person who gave an approved access undertaking includes a person who gave the access undertaking because the person expects to be the owner or operator of the service to which the access undertaking relates.
- (a) the reasons for the refusal; and
- (b) the way in which the authority considers it is appropriate to amend the draft access undertaking.