Section 44LC — Competition and Consumer Act 2010: Council may request information

(1) The Council may give a person a written notice requesting the person give to the Council, within a specified period, information of a kind specified in the notice that the Council considers may be relevant to deciding what recommendation to make on an application under section 44LB. (2) The Council must: (a) give a copy of the notice to: (i) if the person is not the applicant—the applicant; and (ii) if the person is not the provider, or the person who expects to be the provider—that person; and (b) publish, by electronic or other means, the notice. (3) In deciding what recommendation to make on the application, the Council: (a) must have regard to any information given in compliance with a notice under subsection (1) within the specified period; and (b) may disregard any information of the kind specified in the notice that is given after the specified period has ended.