DO NOT CALL REGISTER ACT 2006

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