Section 56BMCompetition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Infringement notices

Object

(1) The object of this section is for Division 5 of Part XI to apply to a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules in a corresponding way to the way that Division applies to a provision of Part 2‑2 of the Australian Consumer Law.

Note: That Division is about infringement notices issued for alleged contraventions of provisions of the Australian Consumer Law.

Extended application of Division 5 of Part XI etc.

(2) Division 5 of Part XI, and any other provision of this Act that relates to that Division, also apply in relation to a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules as if the substitutions in the following table were made.

Substitutions to be made

Item

For a reference in Division 5 of Part XI to …

… substitute a reference to …

1

section 224 of the Australian Consumer Law

section 76 of this Act.

2

Chapter 4 or Part 5‑2 of the Australian Consumer Law

Part VI of this Act.

3

a provision of Part 2‑2 of the Australian Consumer Law

a civil penalty provision of the consumer data rules.

(3) To avoid doubt, Division 2 of Part XI does not limit the application of section 56GF (about constitutional basis) to the extended application of Division 5 of Part XI as described in this section.

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