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National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
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182 Adverse publicity orders
(1) The court may, on application by ASIC, make an adverse publicity order against a person who has:
(a) contravened a civil penalty provision; or
(b) committed an offence against this Act.
(2) An adverse publicity order is an order that:
(a) requires a person to disclose, in the way and to the persons specified in the order, such information as is so specified, being information that the person has possession of or access to; or
(b) requires a person to publish, at the person’s expense and in the way specified in the order, an advertisement in the terms specified in, or determined in accordance with, the order.
(a) ASIC applies for an order under this section; and
(b) the application is made within 6 years of the contravention or the commission of the offence.