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COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 56BU

Charging a fee in inappropriate circumstances when required to disclose CDR data

             (1)  A person contravenes this subsection if:

                     (a)  the person is a CDR participant for CDR data; and

                     (b)  the person is required under the consumer data rules to disclose all or part of the CDR data; and

                     (c)  the person charges (or causes to be charged) a fee for either or both of the following matters:

                              (i)  the disclosure (or a related disclosure by a designated gateway or other CDR participant for the CDR data);

                             (ii)  the use of the CDR data as the result of the disclosure (or of that related disclosure); and

                     (d)  subsection (2) or any of the following subparagraphs applies:

                              (i)  the CDR data is fee-free CDR data;

                             (ii)  to the extent that the fee is charged for the disclosure of chargeable CDR data--the fee purports to cover a disclosure in circumstances that are not chargeable circumstances;

                            (iii)  to the extent that the fee is charged for the use of chargeable CDR data--the fee purports to cover use in circumstances that are not chargeable circumstances.

Note:          For enforcement, see Part VI (including section 76 for an order for payment of a pecuniary penalty).

             (2)  This subsection applies if:

                     (a)  any fee (the reasonable fee ):

                              (i)  that has been determined under subsection 56BV(1) for the person; or

                             (ii)  that can be worked out from a method determined under subsection 56BV(1) for the person;

                            covers either or both of the matters in paragraph (1)(c) of this section; and

                     (b)  the portion of the fee charged as described in that paragraph for those matters exceeds the corresponding portion of the reasonable fee.



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