32IPART to prepare final reports

32 IPART to prepare final reports

32 IPART to prepare final reports

(1) Before IPART issues the final report about an investigation, IPART must consider all submissions made about the draft report prepared under section 30 that it considers material.

(2) The final report must include the following matters—

(a) the pricing methodology applied for the determination of pricing IPART has made,

(b) significant methodological changes and the reasons for the changes,

(c) the assumptions IPART has made for the determination and the reasons for the assumptions,

(d) IPART’s response to submissions received on the draft report that IPART considers material, including the reasons for accepting or not accepting, whether wholly or in part, material submissions made by the investigated monopoly supplier.

(3) The final report may include other matters IPART considers appropriate.