Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01065:schedule:3:p29
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01065
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3 (pt 29/36)
Character Range: 76179–78742

system in which the bidder may make a bid for the lots of each product;
(b)      the assignment stage will be conducted as soon as possible after the primary stage to enable the bidder to indicate the frequency ranges the bidder wishes to have assigned.
Note: In this situation, the assignment prices will be zero, see subclause 8(2) of Schedule 3.
 (2) The ACMA must notify the bidder as soon as reasonably practicable after the eligibility deadline that it is the only bidder, and that the procedures in this section apply.

49 Rounds of the auction
 (1) The clock rounds for the primary stage of the auction are to be conducted in accordance with the rules in Schedule 1.
 (2) The rounds for the secondary stage of the auction, if required, are to be conducted in accordance with the rules in Schedule 2.
 (3) The assignment rounds for the assignment stage of the auction are to be conducted in accordance with the rules in Schedule 3.

50 Auction manager's discretion to accept bids
 (1) The auction manager may permit a bidder to make a bid for a round in the auction, in the primary stage or secondary stage or assignment stage, by a method other than the auction system if the auction manager is satisfied that the bidder is not able to make a bid for the round using the auction system.
 (2) The auction manager may permit a bidder to make a bid for a round in the auction, in the primary stage or secondary stage or assignment stage, after the end time of the round if the auction manager is satisfied that the bidder could not make the bid during the round because of technical or communication problems.
 (3) A bid permitted to be made by the auction manager under subsection (2) is taken to have been made during the relevant round.
 (4) The auction manager must not permit a bidder to make a bid under subsection (2) after information about the outcome of the relevant round has been given to bidders.

          Note: See clause 8 of Schedule 1, clause 5 of Schedule 2 and clauses 7 and 8 of Schedule 3 for details of the information about the outcome of a round that will be given to bidders.

51 Action that auction manager may take in exceptional circumstances
 (1) If the auction manager is satisfied that the auction is affected by exceptional circumstances, the auction manager may:
(a)      make corrections to:
            (i)       the results of the round of the auction that last ended; and
            (ii)     information received by a bidder after that round; or
(b)      stop the current round of the auction and restart the round; or