DO NOT CALL REGISTER ACT 2006

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--INTRODUCTION

• 1 Short title  
• 2 Commencement  
• 3 Simplified outline  
• 4 Definitions  
• 5 Telemarketing calls  
• 5A Faxes  
• 5B Marketing faxes  
• 6 Continuity of partnerships  
• 7 Crown to be bound  
• 8 Extension to external Territories  
• 9 Extra - territorial application  

PART 2--RULES--ABOUT MAKING TELEMARKETING CALLS

• 10 Simplified outline  
• 11 Unsolicited telemarketing calls must not be made to a number registered on the Do Not Call Register  
• 12 Agreements for the making of telemarketing calls must require compliance with this Act  

PART 2A--RULES--ABOUT SENDING MARKETING FAXES

• 12A Simplified outline  
• 12B Unsolicited marketing faxes must not be sent to a number registered on the Do Not Call Register  
• 12C Agreements for the sending of marketing faxes must require compliance with this Act  

PART 3--DO--NOT CALL REGISTER

• 13 Do Not Call Register  
• 14 Eligibility for registration  
• 15 Applications for registration  
• 16 Registration  
• 17 Duration of registration  
• 18 Administration of the Do Not Call Register--determinations  
• 19 Access to the Do Not Call Register  
• 20 Access--determinations  
• 21 Access--fees  
• 22 Application of the Privacy Act 1988 to the contracted service provider  

PART 4--CIVIL--PENALTIES

• 23 Simplified outline  
• 24 Civil penalty orders  
• 25 Maximum penalties for contravention of civil penalty provisions  
• 26 2 or more proceedings may be heard together  
• 27 Time limit for application for an order  
• 28 Civil evidence and procedure rules for civil penalty orders  
• 29 Criminal proceedings not to be brought for contravention of civil penalty provisions  
• 30 Ancillary orders--compensation  
• 31 Ancillary orders--recovery of financial benefit  
• 32 Schedule 3 (infringement notices)  

PART 5--INJUNCTIONS

• 33 Simplified outline  
• 34 Injunctions  
• 35 Interim injunctions  
• 36 Discharge etc. of injunctions  
• 37 Certain limits on granting injunctions not to apply  
• 38 Other powers of the Federal Court or the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) unaffected  

PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

• 39 Nominees  
• 40 Formal warnings--breach of civil penalty provision  
• 41 Additional ACMA functions  
• 42 Operation of State and Territory laws  
• 43 Implied freedom of political communication  
• 44 Giving effect to international conventions  
• 46 Regulations  
• SCHEDULE 1 Designated telemarketing calls
• SCHEDULE 1A Designated marketing faxes
• SCHEDULE 2 Consent
• SCHEDULE 3 Infringement notices