Spam Act 2003

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Spam Act 2003

Distinguished Terms in this instrument

Term(s)	Definition	Defined in Legislation	See Section(s)
account	includes:	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
ACMA	means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
acquire	includes:	Competition and Consumer Act 2010	Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - 4 Misleading representations with respect to future matters
address‐harvesting software	means software that is specifically designed or marketed for use for:	Spam Act 2003
agency	includes:	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
Australia	, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
Australian link	has the meaning given by section 7.	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 7 What happens if the penalty is paid Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
authorise	, when used in relation to the sending of an electronic message, has a meaning affected by section 8.	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice Spam Act 2003 - 8 Effect of this Schedule on civil proceedings
authorised person	means:	Spam Act 2003
business	includes a venture or concern in trade or commerce, whether or not conducted on a regular, repetitive or continuous basis.	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
carriage service	means a service for carrying communications by means of guided and/or unguided electromagnetic energy.	Telecommunications Act 1997	Telecommunications Act 1997 - 7 Decision not to declare a requested protection zone or to declare a different protection zone
civil contravention	means a contravention of a civil penalty provision.	Spam Act 2003
civil penalty provision	means any of the following provisions:	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 45 Giving effect to international conventions Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice Spam Act 2003 - 16 Unsolicited commercial electronic messages must not be sent Spam Act 2003 - 18 Commercial electronic messages must contain a functional unsubscribe facility Spam Act 2003 - 21 Address - harvesting software and harvested - address lists must not be acquired
commercial electronic message	has the meaning given by section 6.	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 6 Withdrawal of an infringement notice Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
consent	, when used in relation to the sending of an electronic message, has the meaning given by Schedule 2.	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
data processing device	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.	Telecommunications Act 1997	Telecommunications Act 1997 - 7 Decision not to declare a requested protection zone or to declare a different protection zone
dealing with	, when used in relation to a commercial electronic message, includes:	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
designated commercial electronic message	has the meaning given by Schedule 1.	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
director	includes a member of the governing body of an organisation.	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice
educational institution	includes:	Spam Act 2003	Spam Act 2003 - 4 Matters to be included in an infringement notice