Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 No. 47 of 1997 - SECT 490

(1) The ACA must provide a reasonable opportunity for any member of the public
to make a written submission to the ACA about the matter to which a public
inquiry relates.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the ACA is taken not to have provided
a reasonable opportunity to make submissions unless there was a period of at
least 28 days during which the submissions could be made.

(3) Civil proceedings do not lie against a person in respect of loss, damage
or injury of any kind suffered by another person because of the making in good
faith of a statement, or the giving in good faith of a document or
information, to the ACA in connection with a public inquiry under this
Division.

(4) The rule in subsection (3) applies whether or not the statement is made,
or the document or information is given, in connection with a written
submission or a public hearing.