Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1986 No. 100 AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING TRIBUNAL (INQUIRIES) REGULATIONS - REG 7

7. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (3) where an inquiry relates to a matter that
affects a licensee, the Tribunal shall-

   (a)  if the licensee is not a party to the inquiry-notify the licensee in
        writing of the inquiry; and

   (b)  whether or not the licensee is a party to the inquiry-notify the
        licensee in writing of each relevant submission lodged with the
        Tribunal by another person in relation to the inquiry.

(2) Subject to sub-regulation (3), the Tribunal shall, so far as practicable,
ensure that each licensee notified under sub-regulation (1) in relation to an
inquiry receives a copy of each relevant submission referred to in paragraph
(1) (b) relating to that inquiry.

(3) Where an inquiry relates to a matter that affects 2 or more licensees who
are members of the same prescribed organisation-

   (a)  the requirements of sub-regulation (1) shall be taken to be satisfied
        in relation to each of those licensees if the prescribed organisation
        is notified in writing of the inquiry and of each relevant submission
        lodged with the Tribunal in relation to the inquiry; and

   (b)  the requirements of sub-regulation (2) shall be taken to be satisfied
        in relation to each of those licensees if the Tribunal ensures that
        the organisation receives a copy of each relevant submission lodged
        with the Tribunal in relation to the inquiry.

(4) Where the Tribunal holds an inquiry in consequence of the lodgment of an
application, the Tribunal shall-

   (a)  notify the applicant in writing of each relevant submission lodged
        with the Tribunal in relation to the inquiry by another party; and

   (b)  so far as practicable, ensure that the applicant receives a copy of
        each relevant submission referred to in paragraph (a).

(5) In this regulation-

"prescribed organisation" means one of the following organisations:

   (a)  the Federation of Australian Commercial Television Stations;

   (b)  the Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters;

   (c)  the Public Broadcasting Association of Australia;

"relevant submission" does not include a submission that the Tribunal refuses,
under sub-regulation 10 (5), to take into account in an inquiry.