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be included in the notice under subsection (4) may be included in a separate report to which the notice makes reference.

     "(6) Despite the fact that a notice under this section specifies a particular period for interested parties to lodge submissions with the Comptroller, if the Comptroller is satisfied, by representation in writing by an interested party:

        (a) that a longer period is reasonably required for the party to make a submission; and

        (b) that allowing a longer period will be practicable in the circumstances;

     the Comptroller may notify the party, in writing, that a specified further period will be allowed for the party to lodge a submission.

     "(7) As soon as practicable after the Comptroller decides not to reject an application under section 269TB for a dumping duty notice or a countervailing duty notice, the Comptroller must ensure that a copy of the application, or of so much of the application as is not claimed to be confidential or to constitute information whose publication would adversely affect a person's business or commercial interests, is made available:

        (a) unless paragraph (b) applies—to all persons known to be exporters of goods the subject of the application and to the government of each country of export; or

        (b) if the number of persons known to be exporters of goods the subject of the application is so large that it is not practicable to provide a copy of the application, or of so much of the application as is not the subject of such a claim, to each of them—to the government of each country of export and to each relevant trade association.".

Preliminary findings

  17. Section 269TD of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting paragraph (2)(a) and substituting the following paragraph:

      "(a) the Comptroller must give public notice of that finding; and";

  (b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

     "(2A) If the Comptroller decides to require securities under paragraph (2)(c), the Comptroller must give public notice of the decision.";

     (c) by omitting all the words in subsection (3) after "importation into Australia of such goods," and substituting "the Comptroller must give public notice of that finding";

  (d) by omitting subsection (4).

Insertion of new section

18. After section 269TD of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Termination of investigations

Comptroller must terminate if all dumping margins are negligible

  "269TDA.(1) If:

  (a) application is made for a dumping duty notice; and

     (b) in an investigation, for the purposes of the application, of an exporter to Australia of goods the subject of the application, the Comptroller is satisfied that:

        (i) there has been no dumping by the exporter of any of those goods; or

        (ii) there has been