Section 56AQCompetition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

CDR provisions bind the Crown

(1) The CDR provisions bind the Crown in each of its capacities.

(2) However, the CDR provisions do not make the Crown:

(a) liable to a pecuniary penalty or to be prosecuted for an offence; or

(b) subject to a remedy under section 56EY (about actions for damages for contravening the privacy safeguards); or

(c) subject to a remedy under Part VI (about enforcement) other than section 87B (about enforceable undertakings); or

(d) subject to a remedy under Part 4 (about civil penalties) or 7 (about injunctions) of the Regulatory Powers Act; or

(e) subject to Part XID of this Act (about search and seizure).

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