Issuing an infringement notice
(1) If the Commission has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has contravened an infringement notice provision, the Commission may issue an infringement notice to the person. (2) Each of the following provisions of the Australian Consumer Law is an infringement notice provision: (a) a provision of Part 2‑2; (b) a provision of Part 3‑1 (other than subsection 32(1), 35(1) or 36(1), (2) or (3) or section 40 or 43); (c) subsection 66(2); (d) a provision of Division 2 of Part 3‑2 (other than section 85); (e) a provision of Division 3 of Part 3‑2 (other than subsection 96(2)); (ea) subsection 99B(1), section 99C, subsection 99D(1), section 99E or subsection 99F(2); (f) subsection 100(1) or (3), 101(3) or (4), 102(2) or 103(2); (g) subsection 106(1), (2), (3) or (5), 107(1) or (2), 118(1), (2), (3) or (5), 119(1) or (2), 125(4), 127(1) or (2), 128(2) or (6), 131(1), 132(1), 136(1), (2) or (3) or 137(1) or (2); (h) subsection 221(1) or 222(1). (3) The Commission must not issue more than one infringement notice to the person for the same alleged contravention of the infringement notice provision. (4) The infringement notice does not have any effect if the notice: (a) is issued more than 12 months after the day on which the contravention of the infringement notice provision is alleged to have occurred; or (b) relates to more than one alleged contravention of an infringement notice provision by the person.
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