Section 4M — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Saving of law relating to restraint of trade and breaches of confidence

(1) This Act does not affect the operation of:

(a) the law relating to restraint of trade in so far as that law is capable of operating concurrently with this Act; or

(b) the law relating to breaches of confidence;

but nothing in the law referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) affects the interpretation of this Act.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply for the purposes of section 57CD.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 22 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 4K — Loss or damage to include injury
s 4KA — Definitions etc. that do not apply in Part XI or Schedule 2
s 4L — Severability
s 4N — Extended application of Part IIIA
s 5 — Extended application of this Act to conduct outside Australia
s 6 — Extended application of this Act to persons who are not corporations

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