Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SPAM ACT 2003 - SECT 21

             (1)  A person must not acquire:

                     (a)  address‑harvesting software; or

                     (b)  a right to use address‑harvesting software; or

                     (c)  a harvested‑address list; or

                     (d)  a right to use a harvested‑address list;

if the person is:

                     (e)  an individual who is physically present in Australia at the time of the acquisition; or

                      (f)  a body corporate or partnership that carries on business or activities in Australia at the time of the acquisition.

Note:          For treatment of partnerships, see section 585 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 .

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if the person did not intend to use the address‑harvesting software or the harvested‑address list, as the case may be, in connection with sending commercial electronic messages in contravention of section 16.

Ancillary contraventions

             (3)  A person must not:

                     (a)  aid, abet, counsel or procure a contravention of subsection (1); or

                     (b)  induce, whether by threats or promises or otherwise, a contravention of subsection (1); or

                     (c)  be in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, a contravention of subsection (1); or

                     (d)  conspire with others to effect a contravention of subsection (1).

Civil penalty provisions

             (4)  Subsections (1) and (3) are civil penalty provisions .

Note:          Part 4 provides for pecuniary penalties for breaches of civil penalty provisions.