When the ACCC suspects a CSP is breaching the Trade Practices Act with unacceptable advertising, one of its main weapons is to issue a ‘section 155 notice‘.
It’s a bit like a subpoena and even a search warrant and requires the CSP to provide detailed documents, records and other information that may show it is in breach.
Now the Federal Government has agreed to give the regulator an even more effective power that will change the way CSPs need to approach advertising.
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Several legal jurisdictions worldwide have passed laws against unfair contract terms in recent years. Victoria is among them and New South Wales looked set to adopt a similar law.
The national 
The Australian Communications and Media Authority 
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