Competition and Consumer Act 2010
56BMInfringement notices
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56BM Infringement notices
Object
(1) The object of this section is for Division 5 of Part XI to apply to a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules in a corresponding way to the way that Division applies to a provision of Part 2‑2 of the Australian Consumer Law.
Note: That Division is about infringement notices issued for alleged contraventions of provisions of the Australian Consumer Law.
Extended application of Division 5 of Part XI etc.
(2) Division 5 of Part XI, and any other provision of this Act that relates to that Division, also apply in relation to a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules as if the substitutions in the following table were made.
- Substitutions to be made
- Item For a reference in Division 5 of Part XI to … … substitute a reference to …
- 1 section 224 of the Australian Consumer Law section 76 of this Act.
- 2 Chapter 4 or Part 5‑2 of the Australian Consumer Law Part VI of this Act.
- 3 a provision of Part 2‑2 of the Australian Consumer Law a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules.
(3) To avoid doubt, Division 2 of Part XI does not limit the application of section 56GF (about constitutional basis) to the extended application of Division 5 of Part XI as described in this section.