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FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 - SECT 17AA
Publication of certain information for public access
17AA Publication of certain information for public access
(1) The Secretary may from time to time publish any of the following
information about a licence holder or trader on the internet for access by a
member of the public free of charge-- (a) identifying particulars, including
the name of the licence holder or trader, the licence number, class or type,
the date of issue and expiry date of the licence and details of any licence
conditions,
(b) information about the surrender, cancellation or suspension
of a licence,
(c) information about any disciplinary action taken against a
licence holder or trader under this Act or any other legislation administered
by the Minister,
(d) information about any public warnings issued under
this Act or any other legislation administered by the Minister,
(e)
information about any undertakings given under section 86B of this Act,
(f)
such other information as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The
Secretary must not publish information under this section unless satisfied
that it is in the public interest to do so.
(3) The Secretary may at any time
remove information from, or otherwise amend, information published under this
section on the Secretary's own initiative or on the application of the person
to whom the information relates if the Secretary is of the opinion that the
information is false, misleading or unfairly prejudicial to the interests of
the person concerned.
(4) The Secretary may correct any error in or omission
from the information published under this section.
(5) Information published
under this section may include information held by the Secretary before the
commencement of this section.
(6) The regulations may specify-- (a) the
period within which information that is authorised to be published on the
internet under this section must be removed from the information published on
the internet, and
(b) the information that is not to be published on the
internet under this section.
(7) No liability (including liability in
defamation) is incurred for publishing in good faith information under this
section or a fair report or summary of that information.
(8) In the event of
any inconsistency between this section and any other provisions of this Act or
other legislation administered by the Minister, this section prevails to the
extent of the inconsistency.
(9) In this section--
"licence" includes any licence, registration or other authority issued under
this Act or any other legislation administered by the Minister.
"licence holder" includes a former licence holder.
"trader" means a person carrying on a business regulated under this Act or
other legislation administered by the Minister but who does not hold a
licence, and includes any such business that has ceased trading.
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