# Invitation to give comments etc.

> act-s121 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

121 Invitation to give comments etc.
          (1) An invitation under paragraph 119(1)(b) or 120(2)(c) is to specify
              whether the response to the invitation may be given:
               (a) in writing; or
               (b) at an interview between the holder and an officer; or
               (c) by telephone.
          (2) Subject to subsection (4), if the invitation is to respond otherwise
              than at an interview, the response is to be given within a period
              specified in the invitation, being a prescribed period or, if no
              period is prescribed, a reasonable period.
          (3) Subject to subsection (5), if the invitation is to respond at an
              interview, the interview is to take place:
                (a) at a place specified in the invitation, being a prescribed place
                    or, if no place is prescribed, a reasonable place; and
                (b) at a time specified in the invitation, being a time within a
                    prescribed period or, if no period is prescribed, within a
                    reasonable period.
          (4) If a person is to respond to an invitation within a prescribed period,
              that period may be extended by the Minister for a prescribed
              further period, and then the response is to be given in the extended
              period.










          (5) If a person is to respond to an invitation at an interview at a time
              within a prescribed period, that time may be changed by the
              Minister to:
                (a) a later time within that period; or
                (b) a time within that period as extended by the Minister for a
                    prescribed further period;
              and then the response is to be given at an interview at the new
              time.
          (6) This section is subject to sections 125 and 126.