Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997

The Minister may make codes for this Act for declared services.

Before making a code, the Minister—

must publish the proposed code and invite persons to make submissions on it to the Minister within the reasonable time stated by the Minister; and

must ask the authority to give the Minister information and advice about the code or its contents the authority considers appropriate; and

may ask the authority to give the Minister information and advice about a stated matter relating to the code or its contents.

In making a code, the Minister must have regard to—

any submissions about the proposed code received by the Minister within the time stated by the Minister for subsection (2)(a); and

any information or advice given to the Minister by the authority.

The Minister may make a code only if the Minister considers it appropriate to do so having regard to—

the matters mentioned in section 138(2)(a) to (g); and

any other matters the Minister considers relevant.