{"id":7235,"date":"2019-03-07T08:40:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T21:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disputescentre.com.au\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2022-05-09T12:17:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T02:17:10","slug":"recent-amendments-to-the-telecommunications-arbitration-regulations-1997-cth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disputescentre.com.au\/recent-amendments-to-the-telecommunications-arbitration-regulations-1997-cth\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Amendments to the Telecommunications (Arbitration) Regulations 1997 (Cth)"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christian Santos*<\/h3>\n

The Telecommunications (Arbitration) Regulations 2018 (Cth) (\u2018the TAR\u2019) has made changes to the arbitration of disputes by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The significant changes follow:<\/p>\n

1. ACCC Conduct of Arbitrations <\/strong><\/p>\n

Regulation 14 of the TAR gives greater flexibility to the ACCC in how it may conduct the arbitration of a dispute. The ACCC may either conduct an arbitration \u2018on the papers\u2019, or hold an arbitration hearing, in-part on the papers and in-part by arbitration hearing. This is intended to avoid having to determine a case through a potentially lengthy and expensive hearing.1<\/p>\n

2. Joint Arbitrations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regulation 22 of the TAR allows the ACCC to conduct a joint arbitration where the ACCC is conducting multiple disputes at a particular time that share one or more matters common to those disputes. The intention of the change is to allow for faster decisions where a number of telecommunication providers are involved in a dispute about a single issue.2<\/p>\n

3. Removal of \u2018Reasonable Excuse\u2019 Defences<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regulation 27 of the TAR omit the \u2018reasonable excuse\u2019 defences of the 1997 Regulations, when prosecuting for the failure of a witness to appear when summoned, the failure of a witness attending an arbitration to be sworn or affirmed, or to answer a question or produce a document as required by the ACCC. However, the general defences in Part 2.3 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 would still be available, where applicable.3<\/p>\n

________________________________<\/p>\n

*Christian Santos LLB\/BA (Hons), is currently an ADC intern and a PhD candidate at Notre Dame University.<\/p>\n

1 Explanatory Statement, Telecommunication (Arbitration) Regulations 2018 (Cth).
\n2 Ibid
\n3 Ibid<\/p>\n

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