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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 134A

Issuing an infringement notice

  (1)   If the Commission has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has contravened an infringement notice provision, the Commission may issue an infringement notice to the person.

  (2)   Each of the following provisions of the Australian Consumer Law is an infringement notice provision :

  (a)   a provision of Part   2 - 2;

  (b)   a provision of Part   3 - 1 (other than subsection   32(1), 35(1) or 36(1), (2) or (3) or section   40 or 43);

  (c)   subsection   66(2);

  (d)   a provision of Division   2 of Part   3 - 2 (other than section   85);

  (e)   a provision of Division   3 of Part   3 - 2 (other than subsection   96(2));

  (ea)   subsection   99B(1), section   99C, subsection   99D(1), section   99E or subsection   99F(2);

  (f)   subsection   100(1) or (3), 101(3) or (4), 102(2) or 103(2);

  (g)   subsection   106(1), (2), (3) or (5), 107(1) or (2), 118(1), (2), (3) or (5), 119(1) or (2), 125(4), 127(1) or (2), 128(2) or (6), 131(1), 132(1), 136(1), (2) or (3) or 137(1) or (2);

  (h)   subsection   221(1) or 222(1).

  (3)   The Commission must not issue more than one infringement notice to the person for the same alleged contravention of the infringement notice provision.

  (4)   The infringement notice does not have any effect if the notice:

  (a)   is issued more than 12 months after the day on which the contravention of the infringement notice provision is alleged to have occurred; or

  (b)   relates to more than one alleged contravention of an infringement notice provision by the person.


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