Telecommunications Act 1997

This section applies if:

the ACCC has held a public inquiry (the original inquiry) under this Part; and

any of the following subparagraphs applies:

evidence or other material was presented to a hearing for the purposes of the original inquiry;

a written submission was lodged with the ACCC for the purposes of the original inquiry;

any other information obtained by the ACCC was used by the ACCC for the purposes of the original inquiry; and

the ACCC holds another public inquiry under this Part.

The ACCC may:

in the case of evidence or other material presented to a hearing—treat the whole or a part of the evidence or other material as if it had also been presented to a hearing for the purposes of the other public inquiry; or

in the case of a written submission lodged with the ACCC—treat the whole or a part of the written submission as if it had also been lodged with the ACCC for the purposes of the other public inquiry; or

in the case of any other information obtained by the ACCC—use the whole or a part of the information for the purposes of the other public inquiry.

This section does not, by implication, limit the information that may be used by the ACCC for the purposes of a public inquiry under this Part.