Competition and Consumer Act 2010

The Commission may give to the panel a submission in relation to the arbitration, no later than 10 business days (or, if the regulations specify a different period, the end of that period) after the Commission has received both final offers (in accordance with paragraph 52ZX(2)(b)).

The information contained in the submission must be:

impartial factual information that relates to the relevant market; and

impartial information that relates to relevant economic principles.

If the Commission gives the panel a submission under subsection (1), it must give the bargaining parties a copy of the submission on the same day that it gives the submission to the panel.

Each bargaining party may give to the panel a submission about the Commission’s submission, no later than 5 business days after the bargaining party has received the Commission’s submission.

The bargaining party’s submission cannot be more than 20 pages in length.

If a bargaining party gives the panel a submission under subsection (3):

the bargaining party must give a copy of the submission to the Commission on the same day that it gives the submission to the panel; and

if the Commission is given a copy of the submission under paragraph (a), the Commission must give a copy of the submission to the other bargaining party as soon as practicable.