56AAObject of this Part

56AA Object of this Part

The object of this Part is:

(a) to enable consumers in certain sectors of the Australian economy to require information relating to themselves in those sectors to be disclosed safely, efficiently and conveniently:

(i) to themselves for use as they see fit; or

(ii) to accredited persons for use subject to privacy safeguards; and

(b) to enable any person to efficiently and conveniently access information in those sectors that:

(i) is about goods (such as products) or services; and

(ii) does not relate to any identifiable, or reasonably identifiable, consumers; and

(ba) to enable consumers in those sectors to request accredited persons to give instructions:

(i) safely, efficiently and conveniently on behalf of the consumers; and

(ii) to service providers in those sectors;

for the performance of actions; and

(c) as a result of paragraphs (a) to (ba), to create more choice and competition, or to otherwise promote the public interest.