28Submissions on issues papers

28 Submissions on issues papers

28 Submissions on issues papers

(1) IPART must invite the investigated monopoly supplier and any other persons to make submissions about an issues paper.

(2) IPART must also invite submissions to be made about submissions made by the investigated monopoly supplier on the issues paper.

(3) Submissions must be—

(a) written, or

(b) given orally at a public hearing on the issues paper, as referred to in section 29.

(4) IPART must specify the period in which submissions must be made.

(5) Different periods may be specified for different submissions.

(6) IPART may extend the period if IPART considers it appropriate.

(7) Without limiting the application of the IPART Act, section 22A(3), written submissions about the issues paper made by the investigated monopoly supplier must be made publicly available on the IPART website.

Note—

The IPART Act, section 22A(3) enables IPART to restrict the disclosure of information contained in documents it makes available.