Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01255:reg:20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01255
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 20
Character Range: 27617–28741

20  Notice of breach of confidentiality
 (1) If the ACMA has reason to believe that an applicant or bidder, or a related person of the applicant or bidder, may have disclosed confidential information in breach of section 17 or received confidential information as a result of a breach of section 17, the ACMA must:
 (a) tell the applicant or bidder, giving details of the matter; and
 (b) ask the applicant or bidder to make submissions about the matter; and
 (c) state a deadline for the receipt of submissions that is no more than 5 working days after the date of the request.
 (2) If the ACMA forms the belief before:
 (a) for confidential information that relates to a spectrum licence allocated or to be allocated in accordance with Part 5 of this instrument – notifying the applicant under subsection 44(1) that the ACMA has received the applicant's acceptance of an offer of a spectrum licence; or
 (b) in any other case – the end of the auction period;
         the ACMA is not required to tell the applicant or bidder before that time, but must tell the applicant or bidder as soon as practicable after that time.