Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person who is a participant in a particular section of the telecommunications industry, the telemarketing industry or the fax marketing industry.
(2) The ACMA may issue a formal warning if the person contravenes an industry code registered under this Part.
(3) If the ACMA is satisfied that the contravention of the industry code relates directly or indirectly to a matter dealt with by the Australian Privacy Principles or by a registered APP code (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988 ), the ACMA must consult the Information Commissioner before issuing the warning.
(4) If:
(a) at a time when an industry code (the original code ) was registered under this Part, a formal warning could have been given to a person under subsection (2) in respect of the original code; and
(b) the original code has been replaced by another code that is registered under this Part; and
(c) the person could have been given a formal warning under subsection (2) in respect of the replacement code, if the conduct concerned had occurred after the replacement code was registered;
then, during the period when the replacement code is registered under this Part, the person may be given a formal warning under subsection (2) in respect of the replacement code.