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TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 No. 47 of 1997 - SECT 200

200 Public may request information
(1) A person may request the ACA to make available to the person:

   (a)  specified information or documents on the basis of which the ACA has
        made its assessment under section 193 for a financial year; or

   (b)  specified information about how the ACA has worked out the matters
        that such an assessment sets out because of subsection 193(2) or (3);
        or

   (c)  specified information or documents relating to a decision by the ACA
        under section 179 or 181 to declare an area as a net cost area for a
        financial year.

(2) The ACA must comply with a request as provided in section 202. This
subsection has effect subject to subsection (3).

(3) The ACA must not make available under this section:

   (a)  information (other than information prescribed for the purposes of
        this paragraph):

        (i)    that was obtained from, or relates to, a person who is a
               universal service provider in relation to a financial year; and

        (ii)   the making available of which under this section can reasonably
               be expected to cause substantial damage to the person referred
               to in subparagraph (i); or

   (b)  information prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; or

   (c)  so much of a document as sets out information of a kind referred to in
        paragraph (a) or (b). 


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