50Period within which ACCC to approve or determine infrastructure charges

50 Period within which ACCC to approve or determine infrastructure charges

(1) The ACCC must, within 3 months or, if that period is extended or further extended, that period as extended, after receiving an application under this Part from a Part 7 operator, approve or determine the infrastructure charges set out in the application. (2) In calculating the 3‑month period referred to in subrule (1), disregard, if the ACCC has requested further information under rule 47—a day before the end of the period specified in the request during any part of which the request, or any part of the request, remains unfulfilled. (3) If the ACCC: (a) is unable to make a decision within the period of 3 months referred to in subrule (1) or, if that period is extended or further extended, that period as extended; and (b) within that period, gives written notice to the Part 7 operator who made the application under this Part explaining why the ACCC has been unable to make the decision within that period: that period is extended, or further extended, by a further period of one month. (4) As soon as practicable after the ACCC gives a notice under subrule (3), the ACCC must publish the notice on the ACCC’s website.