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PRIVACY ACT 1988 - SECT 18T

Obtaining access to credit information files or credit reports by false pretences

             (1)  A person must not, by a false pretence, obtain access to an individual's credit information file in the possession or control of a credit reporting agency.

Penalty:  $30,000.

             (2)  A person must not, by a false pretence, obtain access to a credit report in the possession or control of a credit provider or credit reporting agency.

Penalty:  $30,000.


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