Competition and Consumer Act 2010

A party (the requesting party) to the negotiation may give another party (the responding party) a request that the responding party give the requesting party specified information if:

the information is held by the responding party or a related body corporate of the responding party; and

it is reasonable for the requesting party to make the request for the purposes of this Division.

The request must:

be made in writing; and

set out reasons why it is reasonable for the requesting party to make the request for the purposes of this Division; and

if regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph specify other requirements—comply with those requirements.

After the request is made, the responding party must ensure that:

the request is complied with no later than 21 days after the request was given to the responding party, or any later date the requesting party agrees to; and

the information requested is given in a readily readable form, including (where requested) in electronic file format with all underlying data files and inputs; and

the information given is, or is relevant to, the specified information mentioned in subsection (1); and

if regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph specify other requirements for that information—those requirements are satisfied.

Each party to a negotiation under this Division must request or provide information under this section in a manner and at a time consistent with the duty of the party to negotiate in good faith under subsection 153ZEJ(2).