30Parties may request ACCC to treat material as confidential

30 Parties may request ACCC to treat material as confidential

(1) A party may: (a) inform the ACCC that, in the opinion of the party, a stated part of a document contains confidential commercial information; and (b) request the ACCC not to give a copy of that part of the document to another party. (2) On receiving the request, the ACCC must: (a) inform the other party that the request has been made and of the general nature of the matters to which the relevant part of the document relates; and (b) ask the other party whether it objects to the ACCC complying with the request. (3) If there is an objection to the ACCC complying with the request, the party having the objection may inform the ACCC of its objection and of the reasons for it. (4) The ACCC may decide not to give to the other party a copy of so much of the document as contains confidential commercial information that the ACCC considers should not be given after considering: (a) the request; and (b) any objection; and (c) any further submissions that any party has made in relation to the request.