Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01248:reg:17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L01248
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 17
Character Range: 19662–20596

17  Power to refer matters and give directions
  The ACCC may do any of the following for the purposes of an arbitration of a dispute:
 (a) refer any matter to an expert and accept the expert's report as evidence;
 (b) direct a party to the arbitration to conduct research or investigations to obtain relevant information;
 (c) direct a person who is, or was, a party to the arbitration to give relevant information to one or more other parties;
 (d) direct a person not to divulge, or communicate to anyone else, stated information that was given to the person for the purposes of the arbitration unless the person is permitted to do so by the ACCC;
 (e) give any other such direction, and do any such thing, as is necessary or expedient to make a determination.
Note: A person may commit an offence if the person does an act, or omits to do an act, that contravenes a direction under any of paragraphs (b) to (e) (see section 27).