includes:

(a) a free account; and

(b) a pre‐paid account; and

(c) anything that may reasonably be regarded as the equivalent of an account.

means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

includes:

(a)  in relation to goods—acquire by way of purchase, exchange or taking on lease, on hire or on hire‑purchase; and

(b)  in relation to services—accept.

means

software that is specifically designed or marketed for use for:

(a) searching the internet for electronic addresses; and

includes:

(a) an armed force; and

(b) a police force.

, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

has the meaning given by section 7.

, when used in relation to the sending of an electronic message, has a meaning affected by section 8.

means:

(a) the Chair of the ACMA; or

(b) a member of the staff of the ACMA appointed under clause 9.

includes a venture or concern in trade or commerce, whether or not conducted on a regular, repetitive or continuous basis.

means a service for carrying communications by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy.

means a contravention of a civil penalty provision.

means any of the following provisions:

(a) subsections 16(1), (6) and (9);

(b) subsections 17(1) and (5);

(c) subsections 18(1) and (6);

(d) subsections 20(1) and (5);

has the meaning given by section 6.

, when used in relation to the sending of an electronic message, has the meaning given by Schedule 2.

means any article or material (for example, a disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced, with or without the aid of any other article or device.

, when used in relation to a commercial electronic message, includes:

(a) accessing the message; and

(b) responding to the message; and

(c) filtering the message.

has the meaning given by Schedule 1.

includes a member of the governing body of an organisation.

includes:

(a) a pre‐school; and

(b) a school; and

(c) a college; and

(d) a university.