Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997

The authority must use its best endeavours to make a recommendation under section 79 within 6 months from the day the authority receives the request.

However, the 6 month period mentioned in subsection (1) does not include any of the following—

if the authority conducts an investigation for making the recommendation and gives a notice under section 185 to a person requiring the person to give information or produce a document for the investigation, a day in the period—

starting on the day the notice is given to the person; and

ending on the day the person complies with the notice;

if the authority publishes a document about the recommendation and invites persons to make submissions on the document to the authority within a stated period—a day in the period for making submissions stated by the authority.

The authority must publish a notice on its website, while the authority is considering the making of the recommendation, stating—

the day the 6 month period mentioned in subsection (1) started or will start; and

the day the period will end; and

for a day not included in the period under subsection (2)—the reason the day is not included in the period.

If the authority fails to make the recommendation within the 6 month period mentioned in subsection (1), it must, as soon as practicable after the period ends—

prepare a written notice stating—

the reasons for the authority’s failure; and

details about the action the authority proposes to take to make the recommendation as soon as reasonably practicable; and

publish the notice on its website; and

give a copy of the notice to—

the applicant for the request; and

if the request was not made by the Minister—the Minister.