Section 52YCompetition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Facilitating open communication—responsible digital platform corporation for designated digital platform service

The responsible digital platform corporation for a designated digital platform service must:

(a) set up a point of contact in Australia for the purpose of this section no later than 28 days after the Minister makes a determination under section 52E specifying the designated digital platform corporation; and

(b) if regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph specify requirements for the point of contact—ensure that the point of contact meets those requirements; and

(c) give details of that point of contact to every registered news business corporation:

(i) unless subparagraph (ii) applies—no later than 10 business days after the responsible digital platform corporation sets up the point of contact; or

(ii) if the registered news business corporation is registered under section 52G after the responsible digital platform corporation sets up the point of contact—no later than 10 business days after the registered news business corporation is registered under section 52G; and

(d) acknowledge every communication to that point of contact from a registered news business corporation for a registered news business that relates to the registered news business’ covered news content made available by the designated digital platform service; and

(e) if regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph specify requirements for the acknowledgement—ensure that the acknowledgement meets those requirements.

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.

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