Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 56AU

Conduct of agents etc. of a CDR entity attributable to the CDR entity

             (1)  For the purposes of this Part and the consumer data rules, each of the following provisions applies to a CDR entity who is not a body corporate in a corresponding way to the way that provision applies to a CDR entity who is a body corporate:

                     (a)  section 84 of this Act;

                     (b)  section 97 of the Regulatory Powers Act (to the extent that it applies in relation to a provision of this Part).

Acts done in relation to an agent of a CDR entity taken to be done in relation to the CDR entity

             (2)  For the purposes of this Part and the consumer data rules, if an act is done by a person in relation to another person (the agent ) who:

                     (a)  is acting on behalf of a CDR entity; and

                     (b)  is so acting within the agent's actual or apparent authority;

the act is taken to have also been done in relation to the CDR entity.

Definitions

             (3)  In this section:

"CDR entity" means any of the following:

                     (a)  a data holder of CDR data;

                     (b)  an accredited person;

                     (c)  a designated gateway for CDR data.