Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:section:152ata:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
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Provision Reference: s 152ATA (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 1880994–1883789

satisfied that the making of the order will promote the long‑term interests of end‑users of carriage services or of services provided by means of carriage services.

Serial applications
 (7) If:
 (a) a person makes an application (the first application) under subsection (1) for an order in relation to a service or proposed service; and
 (b) the Commission refuses the first application; and
 (c) the person subsequently makes another application under subsection (1); and
 (d) the Commission is satisfied that:
 (i) the first application and the other application have material similarities; or
 (ii) the grounds on which the person made the first application are materially similar to the grounds on which the person has made the other application;
the Commission may refuse to consider the other application.

Expiry time for exemption order
 (10) An order under paragraph (3)(a) must specify the expiry time for the order. If an order expires, this Part does not prevent the Commission from making a fresh order under paragraph (3)(a) in the same terms as the expired order.
 (10A) The expiry time for the order may be described by reference to the end of a period beginning when the service or proposed service becomes an active declared service.
 (10B) Subsection (10A) does not, by implication, limit subsection (10).

Consultation
 (11) If, in the Commission's opinion, the making of an order under paragraph (3)(a) is likely to have a material effect on the interests of a person, then, before making the order, the Commission must first:
 (a) publish the application for the order and invite people to make submissions to the Commission on the question of whether the order should be made; and
 (b) consider any submissions that were received within the time limit specified by the Commission when it published the application.

Commission to make decision within 6 months
 (12) If the Commission does not make a decision on an application under this section within 6 months after receiving the application, the Commission is taken to have made, at the end of that 6‑month period, an order under paragraph (3)(a) in accordance with the terms of the application.
 (13) In calculating the 6‑month period referred to in subsection (12), disregard:
 (a) if the Commission has published the application under subsection (11)—a day in the period:
 (i) beginning on the date of publication; and
 (ii) ending at the end of the time limit specified by the Commission when it published the application; and
 (b) if the Commission has requested further information under section 152AU in relation to the application—a day during any part of which the request, or any part of the request, remains unfulfilled.

Extension of decision‑making period
 (14) The Commission may, by written notice given