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QUEENSLAND COMPETITION AUTHORITY ACT 1997 - SECT 24

24 Directions of Ministers for investigation

(1) In referring a monopoly business activity to the authority for an investigation, the Ministers may direct the authority to do any or all of the following—

(a) to make a draft report available to the public, or a stated entity, during the investigation;
(b) to consider stated matters when conducting the investigation;
(c) to give a report of the results of the investigation to the Ministers within a stated period;
(d) to make a recommendation to the Ministers about a stated matter, including, for example, if the activity was referred to the authority under section 23(1), a recommendation about—
(i) whether a price monitoring investigation should be conducted in relation to the activity; or
(ii) if a price monitoring investigation were to be conducted in relation to the activity, what the nature of the investigation should be, including, for example, the matters mentioned in section 23A(3)(a) and (b).

(2) The authority must comply with a direction.



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