Section 56BJCompetition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Rules about incidental or related matters

Without limiting paragraph 56BAA(3)(f) or 56BB(f), the consumer data rules may include the following rules:

(a) rules that refer to the data standards;

(b) the circumstances in which persons are, or may be, relieved from complying with requirements in the consumer data rules that would otherwise apply to them;

(c) a rule that depends on a person being satisfied of one or more specified matters;

(d) rules for the making of applications for internal review, or of applications to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review, of decisions of a person under the consumer data rules;

(e) rules about the manner or form in which persons or bodies:

(i) may exercise powers under the consumer data rules; or

(ii) must comply with requirements imposed by the consumer data rules;

which could include requiring the use of a form approved by the Commission or by the Information Commissioner;

(f) rules about the following matters:

(i) the manner in which CDR participants for CDR data, or CDR action participants, may charge (or cause to be charged) a fee for a matter covered by the consumer data rules;

(ii) the time for paying such a fee;

(iii) giving notice of, or publicising, such a fee or matters about such a fee;

(g) rules requiring CDR participants, or designated gateways, for CDR data, or CDR action participants, to have internal or external dispute resolution processes:

(i) that relate to the operation of the consumer data rules or this Part; and

(ii) that meet specified criteria;

(h) rules relating to an external dispute resolution scheme recognised under Division 4, including about access to such a scheme;

(i) transitional rules for the external resolution of disputes:

(i) described in subsection 56DA(1); and

(ii) not covered by a scheme recognised under that subsection;

(ia) rules requiring agents of any of the following entities (a CDR entity):

(i) a data holder of CDR data;

(ii) an accredited person;

(iii) a designated gateway for CDR data;

(iv) an action service provider for a type of CDR action;

to do or not to do specified things when acting on behalf of the CDR entity and within the agent’s actual or apparent authority;

(j) rules about any other matters that the provisions of this Part provide may be specified, or otherwise dealt with, in the consumer data rules.

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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