About this register
This register contains a record of all telecommunications infringement notices issued by the ACCC under Part 31B of the Telecommunications Act 1997.
The ACCC will consider, on a case by case basis, the use of infringement notices alongside all our other compliance and enforcement tools to address potential contraventions.
Infringement notices may be issued where an authorised infringement notice officer of the ACCC has reasonable grounds to believe there has been a contravention of certain civil penalty provisions in Part 8 of the Telecommunications Act, including:
- the wholesale-only requirements and ancillary conduct in subsections 142C(2) and (4) and 143(2) and (5)
- the requirement to comply with conditions and limitations of determinations under subsection 143A(1) or (2) (class exemptions) and ancillary conduct under subsections 143B(1) and (2)
- the requirement to comply with functional separation undertakings (standard, joint, or deemed) and ancillary conduct in subsections 151ZD(1) and (2)
- the non-discrimination obligations and ancillary conduct in subsections 151ZF(1), (4) and (5) and 151ZG(2), (3) and (4)
- reporting obligations following the giving of a revocation notice in relation to a standard or joint functional separation undertaking and ancillary conduct in subsections 151ZA(3) and (4)
- the requirement to notify changes in control of a person who gave an undertaking and ancillary conduct in subsections 151ZB(1), (3) and (5)
- the requirements to publish offers and a statement of differences between an access agreement (including variations) and the offer, and ancillary conduct in subsections 151ZH (1), (2), (2A) and (3)
- the prohibition on anti-avoidance schemes and ancillary conduct in subsections 151ZI(1) and (2).
In some circumstances, an authorised infringement notice officer may also give an infringement notice if they have reasonable grounds to believe that a person has contravened section 68 (compliance with carrier licence conditions) or section 101 (compliance with service provider rules) insofar as the condition/rule relates to the civil penalty provisions in sections 142C, 143, 143B, 151ZA, 151ZB, 151ZD, 151ZF, 151ZG, 151ZH or 151ZI of the Telecommunications Act.
For more information see the ACCC Telecommunications (Infringement Notices) Guidelines 2024.