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AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW AND FAIR TRADING ACT 2012 (NO. 21 OF 2012) - SECT 80 Powers of Court on application

AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW AND FAIR TRADING ACT 2012 (NO. 21 OF 2012) - SECT 80

Powers of Court on application

    (1)     On an application under section 79, the Magistrates' Court may—

        (a)     order that all or any persons or any class or description of persons be excluded from the Court during all or any of the proceedings and, in case of disobedience, order the removal from the Court of those persons; or

        (b)     by order prohibit the publication of a report of the proceedings; or

        (c)     make orders under both paragraphs (a) and (b).

    (2)     On hearing an application under section 79, the Magistrates' Court may order a credit reporting agent—

        (a)     to amend, supplement, or delete any item of information concerning the consumer that is in the agent's possession or under the agent's control—

              (i)     which the Court is satisfied is inaccurate, misleading, or irrelevant to the purpose for which the information is kept; or

              (ii)     which the Court is of the opinion should be amended, supplemented, or deleted by reason of the effluxion of time; and

        (b)     to give full details of that amendment, supplement, or deletion to any person to whom the credit reporting agent has provided information with respect to the consumer and who is specified in the order.

    (3)     A credit reporting agent must comply with an order under this section.

Penalty:     60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.

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