Telstra Corporation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (140 of 2021)

Schedule 3   Amendments relating to contracts and agreements

Telecommunications Act 1997

1A   After subsection 577BA(10)

Insert:

(10A) If:

(a) a body corporate enters into a contract, arrangement or understanding; and

(b) the body corporate enters into the contract, arrangement or understanding in order to comply with a direction under subsection 577BAA(1);

then:

(c) the entering into of the contract, arrangement or understanding by the body corporate; and

(d) conduct engaged in by the body corporate in order to give effect to a provision of the contract, arrangement or understanding;

is authorised for the purposes of subsection 51(1) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

(10B) If a body corporate is subject to a direction under subsection 577BAA(1), conduct engaged in by the body corporate in order to comply with the direction is authorised for the purposes of subsection 51(1) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.