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Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Section 171
Annual report by Commission

 

The provision

(2) An annual report prepared by the Chairperson and given to the Minister under section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 for a period must include a cumulative list of all Commonwealth, State and Territory laws that the Commission knows about that authorise things for the purposes of subsection 51(1) of this Act or subsection 51(1) of the Competition Code (as defined in section 150A).

(3) The report must also include:

(aa) details of the time taken by the Commission to:

(i) make final determinations under section 44V in relation to access disputes; and

(ii) make decisions on access undertaking applications (within the meaning of section 44B) or access code applications (within the meaning of that section); and

(iii) make decisions on applications under subsection 44PA(1) (about government tendering); and

(a) the number of:

(i) notices given by the Commission under section 155; and

(iii) notices given by the Commission under section 155A; and

(b) a general description of the nature of the matters in respect of which the notices were given; and

(c) the number of proceedings brought to challenge the validity of the notices; and

(ca) the number of search warrants issued by a judge under section 135Z or signed by a judge under section 136; and

(d) the number of search warrants issued by a magistrate under section 154X or signed by a magistrate under section 154Y; and

(da) a general description of the nature of the matters in respect of which the search warrants referred to in paragraph (ca) or (d) were issued or signed; and

(db) the number of proceedings brought to challenge the validity of the search warrants referred to in paragraph (ca) or (d); and

(dc) the number of entries onto premises under section 133B or 133C, Division 6 of Part XI or Part XID; and

(e) the number of complaints received by the Commission; and

(f) a general summary of the kinds of complaints received by the Commission and how it dealt with them; and

(g) a general description of the major matters investigated by the Commission; and

(h) the number of times the Commission has intervened in proceedings and a general description of the reasons for doing so.

 

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