Section 44ZZAB — Competition and Consumer Act 2010: Commission may rely on industry body consultations

(1) The Commission may accept a code if the industry body has done the following before giving the code to the Commission under subsection 44ZZAA(1): (a) published the code or a draft of the code and invited people to make submissions to the industry body on the code or draft; (b) specified the effect of this subsection and subsection (2) when it published the code or draft; (c) considered any submissions that were received within the time limit specified by the industry body when it published the code or draft. (2) In deciding whether to accept the code, the Commission may consider any submission referred to in paragraph (1)(c). (3) Before consenting to a variation or withdrawal of a code under subsection 44ZZAA(6), the Commission may rely on: (a) publication of the variation or notice of the withdrawal by the industry body, including specification of the effect of this subsection and subsection (4); and (b) consideration by the industry body of any submissions that were received within the time limit specified by the industry body when it published the variation or notice. (4) In deciding whether to consent to the variation or withdrawal, the Commission may consider any submission referred to in paragraph (3)(b). (5) In this section: code has the same meaning as it has in section 44ZZAA. industry body has the same meaning as it has in section 44ZZAA.