Competition and Consumer Act 2010
58ADRegulated entities for regulated sectors and their regulated services
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58AD Regulated entities for regulated sectors and their regulated services
Entities with businesses or services within the banking, insurance or communications constitutional powers
(1) To the extent that a regulated sector includes a business or service covered by paragraph 58AC(2)(a), (b) or (c):
(a) the person who carries on or provides that business or service is a regulated entity for the sector; and
(b) that business or service is a regulated service of the regulated entity for the sector.
Note 1: This subsection extends to a regulated sector consisting of businesses or services that are a subset of paragraph 58AC(2)(a), (b) or (c).
Note 2: Sections 58GA to 58GC extend the meaning of person for partnerships, unincorporated associations and trusts.
Other entities who may be regulated entities
(2) Otherwise:
(a) the regulated entities for a regulated sector; and
(b) the regulated services of each of those regulated entities;
are as set out in the following table:
- Other regulated entities, and their regulated services, for the regulated sector
- Item This person is a regulated entity: for this regulated service:
- 1 a corporation that carries on or provides a business or service that is part of the regulated sector that business or service.
- 2 a person to the extent that the person is both:(a) carrying on or providing a business or service that is part of the regulated sector; and(b) acting using a postal, telegraphic, telephonic or other like service (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution) so much of that business or service as relates to the person acting in that way.
- 3 a person to the extent that the person is both:(a) carrying on or providing a business or service that is part of the regulated sector; and(b) acting in the course of, or in relation to, a kind of trade or commerce mentioned in subsection (3) so much of that business or service as relates to the person acting in that way.
Note 1: For the meaning of corporation, see section 4.
Note 2: Sections 58GA to 58GC extend the meaning of person for partnerships, unincorporated associations and trusts.
(3) For the purposes of item 3 of the table in subsection (2), the kinds of trade or commerce are as follows:
(a) trade or commerce between Australia and places outside Australia;
(b) trade or commerce among the States;
(c) trade or commerce within a Territory, between a State or Territory or between 2 Territories.
Exceptions—complete
(4) Despite subsections (1) and (2):