24Affected persons and bodies to have a reasonable opportunity to make and comment on submissions for draft order

#### 24 Affected persons and bodies to have a reasonable opportunity to make and comment on submissions for draft order (1) The Tribunal must ensure that the following persons have a reasonable opportunity to make written submissions to the Tribunal for its consideration in relation to the draft of the order: (a) all persons and bodies likely to be affected if a road safety remuneration order based on the draft were to be made; (b) any person or body prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph. (2) The Tribunal must publish all submissions made to the Tribunal. (3) However, if a submission made by a person or body includes information that is claimed by the person or body to be confidential or commercially sensitive, and the Tribunal is satisfied that the information is confidential or commercially sensitive, the Tribunal: (a) may decide not to publish the information; and (b) may instead publish: (i) a summary of the information which contains sufficient detail to allow a reasonable understanding of the substance of the information (without disclosing anything that is confidential or commercially sensitive); or (ii) if the Tribunal considers that it is not practicable to prepare a summary that would comply with subparagraph (i)—a statement that confidential or commercially sensitive information in the submission has not been published. (4) The Tribunal must ensure that all persons and bodies likely to be affected if a road safety remuneration order based on the draft were to be made have a reasonable opportunity to make comments to the Tribunal on the material published under subsections (2) and (3), for its consideration. (5) The publishing of material under subsections (2) and (3) must be on the Tribunal’s website and by any other means the Tribunal considers appropriate. (6) A reference in this Act (other than in this section) to a submission under this section includes a reference to a summary or statement referred to in paragraph (3)(b).