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person or organisation may not be represented before the Authority by a legal practitioner.

Notice of investigation

"196G.(1) As soon as practicable after the Repatriation Medical Authority:

  (a) has been asked under section 196E to carry out:

        (i) an investigation; or

        (ii) a review of a decision of the Authority not to make a Statement of Principles; or

        (iii) a review of the contents of a Statement of Principles;

     regarding a particular kind of injury, disease or death; or

     (b) has decided on its own initiative to carry out such an investigation or such a review;

the Authority must publish in the Gazette a notice:

     (c) stating that the Authority intends to carry out an investigation in respect of that kind of injury, disease or death; and

    (d) inviting persons or organisations authorised under subsection 196F(1) to do so to make written submissions to the Authority.

  "(2) A notice is to specify:

    (a) the date on which the Authority will hold its first meeting for the purposes of the investigation; and

    (b) the date by which all submissions must have been received by the Authority.

"(3) A notice must be published in the Gazette at least 28 days before the date of the first meeting of the Authority.

"(4) A notice is not invalid merely because it fails to comply with subsection (2).

Copyright in submissions

"196H.(1) The Repatriation Medical Authority is not the owner of any copyright subsisting in material ('submitted material') contained in a submission made to the Authority for the purposes of an investigation under section 196B.

"(2) In spite of the Copyright Act 1968, the Authority does not infringe any copyright subsisting in submitted material if, in performing its functions or exercising its powers, the Authority does an act comprised in the copyright without the licence of the owner of the copyright.

Access to information

"1961.(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person referred to in paragraph 196E(1)(a) or (b), or an organisation referred to in paragraph 196E(1)(c), is entitled, on request made in writing to the Repatriation Medical Authority, to have reasonable access to any document containing information considered by the Authority for the purposes of an investigation.

"(2) The Authority may not disclose any personal information about a particular person if the information is likely to reveal the identity of that person.

Notice of decision not to make etc. Statement of Principles

"196J.(1) When the Repatriation Medical Authority decides not to make, or not to review, a Statement of Principles, it must, within 14 days, notify the Commission in writing of its decision.

"(2) If the decision is made following a request from a person or organisation under section 196E, the Authority must also notify