Competition and Consumer Act 2010

An entity may apply to the Minister for approval as a designated complainant.

However, a State or Territory may not apply under subsection (1).

The application must:

be in writing; and

if the Minister has approved a manner for making the application—be made in that manner; and

be made during a period prescribed under subsection (4); and

if the Minister has approved a form:

be made in the approved form; and

include the information required by the form; and

be accompanied by any documents required by the form.

For the purposes of paragraph (3)(c), the designated complaints determination may:

prescribe a period, which may be a single period or a recurring period; and

provide for the start or end date of the period or each period (as the case may be) to be as is or will be set out on the Department’s website.

The applicant may, in writing, withdraw the application before the Minister makes a decision.

If the application is withdrawn, it is taken never to have been made.