17Referral

17 Referral

A referral of a resource matter: (a) shall set out: (i) a description of the matter; (ii) the scope of the inquiry; (iii) the date by which the report of the inquiry is to be given to the Minister; (iv) any principles or other matters to be taken into account by the Commission; and (v) any priorities to be observed by the Commission in taking those matters into account; (b) may require the Commission to specify in the report the courses of action on the matter that it considers are available to the Commonwealth Government or the Commonwealth authority, as the case requires; and (c) where the referral contains the requirement described in paragraph (b)—may require the Commission to make recommendations in the report on those courses of action.