Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts
No. 88, 2006
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 2
3............ Simplified outline................................................................................ 3
4............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 3
5............ Telemarketing calls............................................................................. 8
6............ Continuity of partnerships................................................................. 9
7............ Crown to be bound............................................................................. 9
8............ Extension to external Territories....................................................... 10
9............ Extra‑territorial application.............................................................. 10
Part 2—Rules about making telemarketing calls 11
10.......... Simplified outline.............................................................................. 11
11.......... Unsolicited telemarketing calls must not be made to a number registered on the Do Not Call Register 11
12.......... Agreements for the making of telemarketing calls must require compliance with this Act 13
Part 3—Do Not Call Register 15
13.......... Do Not Call Register........................................................................ 15
14.......... Eligibility for registration.................................................................. 15
15.......... Applications for registration............................................................ 15
16.......... Registration....................................................................................... 16
17.......... Duration of registration.................................................................... 17
18.......... Administration of the Do Not Call Register—determinations......... 17
19.......... Access to the Do Not Call Register.................................................. 17
20.......... Access—determinations................................................................... 18
21.......... Access—fees.................................................................................... 19
22.......... Application of the Privacy Act 1988 to the contracted service provider 20
Part 4—Civil penalties 21
23.......... Simplified outline.............................................................................. 21
24.......... Civil penalty orders.......................................................................... 21
25.......... Maximum penalties for contravention of civil penalty provisions.. 22
26.......... 2 or more proceedings may be heard together.................................. 25
27.......... Time limit for application for an order............................................. 25
28.......... Civil evidence and procedure rules for civil penalty orders.............. 25
29.......... Criminal proceedings not to be brought for contravention of civil penalty provisions 25
30.......... Ancillary orders—compensation...................................................... 25
31.......... Ancillary orders—recovery of financial benefit............................... 26
32.......... Schedule 3 (infringement notices)..................................................... 27
Part 5—Injunctions 28
33.......... Simplified outline.............................................................................. 28
34.......... Injunctions........................................................................................ 28
35.......... Interim injunctions............................................................................ 29
36.......... Discharge etc. of injunctions............................................................. 29
37.......... Certain limits on granting injunctions not to apply.......................... 29
38.......... Other powers of the Federal Court or the Federal Magistrates Court unaffected 30
Part 6—Miscellaneous 31
39.......... Nominees.......................................................................................... 31
40.......... Formal warnings—breach of civil penalty provision....................... 31
41.......... Additional ACMA functions........................................................... 31
42.......... Operation of State and Territory laws............................................. 32
43.......... Implied freedom of political communication.................................... 32
44.......... Giving effect to international conventions........................................ 32
45.......... Review of operation of Act.............................................................. 32
46.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 33
Schedule 1—Designated telemarketing calls 34
1............ Object............................................................................................... 34
2............ Government bodies, religious organisations and charities................ 34
3............ Political parties, independent members of parliament, candidates etc. 34
4............ Educational institutions.................................................................... 36
5............ Regulations....................................................................................... 38
6............ Authorising the making of telemarketing calls.................................. 38
7............ Extended meaning of employee and employer................................... 38
Schedule 2—Consent 41
1............ Object............................................................................................... 41
2............ Basic definition................................................................................. 41
3............ Duration of express consent............................................................. 41
4............ Consent may not be inferred from the publication of a telephone number 41
5............ Regulations about consent................................................................ 42
Schedule 3—Infringement notices 43
1............ Object............................................................................................... 43
2............ When an infringement notice can be given........................................ 43
3............ Matters to be included in an infringement notice............................. 43
4............ Amount of penalty........................................................................... 44
5............ Withdrawal of an infringement notice............................................... 46
6............ What happens if the penalty is paid................................................ 47
7............ Effect of this Schedule on civil proceedings..................................... 47
8............ Appointment of authorised officer................................................... 47
9............ Regulations....................................................................................... 48
No. 88, 2006
An Act to establish a Do Not Call Register, and for other purposes
Assented to 30 June 2006
The Parliament of Australia enacts: