Section 152AO — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

(1) Subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies to a power conferred on the Commission by section 152AL, but it applies with the following changes.

(1A) If:

(a) a declaration under section 152AL relates to a particular service; and

(b) in the Commission’s opinion, the service is of minor importance;

the Commission is not required to hold a public inquiry under Part 25 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 about a proposal to revoke the declaration.

(3) If a variation of a declaration under subsection 152AL(3) or (8A) is a variation that, under the Procedural Rules, is taken to be a variation of a minor nature, the Commission is not required to hold a public inquiry under Part 25 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 about the proposed variation.

Related sections

• s 152ALA — Duration of declaration
• s 152AM — Inquiries about proposals to declare services
• s 152AN — Combined inquiries about proposals to declare services
• s 152AQ — Register of declared services
• s 152AQC — Compensation for acquisition of property
• s 152AR — Category A standard access obligations

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