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DO NOT CALL REGISTER ACT 2006 - SECT 13 Do Not Call Register

DO NOT CALL REGISTER ACT 2006 - SECT 13

Do Not Call Register

  (1)   The ACMA must:

  (a)   keep; or

  (b)   arrange for another person (the contracted service provider ) to keep, on behalf of the ACMA;

a register of Australian numbers for the purposes of this Act.

  (2)   The register is to be known as the Do Not Call Register.

  (3)   The register is to be kept in electronic form.

  (4)   The register is not a legislative instrument.

  (5)   The ACMA must begin to comply with subsection   ( 1) as soon as practicable after the commencement of this section.

  (6)   For the purposes of the Privacy Act 1988 , the primary purpose of the Do Not Call Register is to facilitate:

  (a)   the prohibition, under section   11, of unsolicited telemarketing calls (other than designated telemarketing call s); and

  (b)   the prohibition, under section   12B, of unsolicited marketing faxes (other than designated marketing faxes).