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DO NOT CALL REGISTER ACT 2006 - SECT 3

Simplified outline

    The following is a simplified outline of this Act:

•   Unsolicited telemarketing calls must not be made to a number registered on the Do Not Call Register.

•   Unsolicited marketing faxes must not be sent to a number registered on the Do Not Call Register.

•   The main remedies for breaches of this Act are civil penalties and injunctions.

Note:   The Telecommunications Act 1997 contains additional provisions about telemarketing calls and marketing faxes . Those provisions include Part   6 (industry codes and standards), Part   26 (investigations), Part   27 (information - gathering powers) and Part   31A (enforceable undertakings).

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