Section 166Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Certificates as to furnishing of particulars to Commission

(1) Where particulars of a provision of a contract, arrangement or understanding, or particulars of a concerted practice, have been furnished to the Commission for the purposes of paragraph 51(2)(g), the Commission shall, on application by a party to the contract, arrangement, understanding or concerted practice, cause to be furnished to the party a certificate signed by a member of the Commission specifying the particulars so furnished and the date on which the particulars were furnished.

(2) A certificate referred to in subsection (1) shall be received in all courts as evidence that the particulars specified in the certificate were furnished to the Commission on the date so specified.

(3) A person is not entitled to inspect any particulars that have been furnished to the Commission for the purposes of paragraph 51(2)(g), but the Commission may make those particulars available to the Minister or to an officer acting on behalf of, and with the authority of, the Minister or to a court.

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