Galexia

ACCAN Informed Consent Project (21 August 2009)

2.2. Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth)

The Telecommunications Act 1997[5] only contains a brief mention of consent in relation to unsolicited commercial electronic messages (spam) [section 111B] and other privacy related matters [section 289]. The term consent is not defined in the Telecommunications Act 1997, however section 111B(2) states that the definitions used in the Spam Act 2003 apply where a term appears in both Acts – this includes the term consent (details below).


[5] Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth), <http://www.comlaw.gov.au/comlaw/management.nsf/lookupindexpagesbyid/IP200401743>.