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shall make particulars of the price available to the public within fourteen days after the day on which the notice is given to him.
(7) A company that contravenes paragraph (6)(b) is guilty of an. offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding One thousand dollars.
(8) The Tribunal may, by resolution, authorize the Chairman to exempt a specified company, or companies included in a specified class of companies, either generally or otherwise, from the application of this section and may, by further resolution, authorize the Chairman to revoke such an exemption.
(9) An exemption, or the revocation of an exemption, under sub-section (8) shall be in writing and a copy of the exemption, or revocation shall be published in the Gazette, and such an exemption, or revocation takes effect on the date of publication of the copy.
(10) Evidence of an exemption, or of a revocation of an. exemption, under sub-section (8) may, in any legal proceedings, be given by the production of the Gazette purporting to contain a copy of the exemption or revocation.

Inquiry and report by Tribunal.
19. (1) Subject to this section, where the Tribunal is required by the Minister, or decides on its own initiative, to hold an inquiry as to whether the price at which a company to which this Act applies supplies or proposes to supply goods or services of a particular description is justified, the Tribunal shall—
       (a) serve notice in writing on the company concerned stating that the Tribunal intends to hold the inquiry;
       (b) before commencing to hold an inquiry, give reasonable notice in each State and in the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, by advertisement published in the Gazette and in a newspaper circulating in the State or Territory, of its intention to hold the inquiry, the matter that is the subject of the inquiry and the time and place at which the inquiry is to be commenced; and
       (c) complete the inquiry and furnish a report to the Minister within three months from the date on which the notice is served on the company in accordance with paragraph (a).
(2) If the Tribunal is of the opinion that the company has failed to provide the Tribunal with sufficient information to enable the Tribunal to complete its inquiry and report within the period referred to in paragraph (1)(c) or within any further period or periods specified in any other notice or notices served on the company in pursuance of this sub-section, the Tribunal shall serve notice in writing on the company stating that the Tribunal is of that opinion and that, it requires a further period specified in the notice within which to complete its