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correct an entry, before correcting that entry on the Do Not Call Register.
            Note 2:  The ACMA and the contracted service provider (if any) are both bound by the Privacy Act 1988.
            Note 3:  No fee is payable for correction of the Do Not Call Register.
            Note 4:  Giving false or misleading information may be an offence under section 137.1 of the Criminal Code.
       9 Correction of the Do Not Call Register
 (1) The ACMA or the contracted service provider may check the correctness of an entry on the Do Not Call Register at any time, and must do so if it receives an application under section 8 in relation to that entry.
 (2) If the ACMA or the contracted service provider determines that an entry on the Do Not Call Register is incorrect, the ACMA or the contracted service provider must:
          (a)     before any correction is made, make reasonable efforts to inform the person identified by the ACMA or the contracted service provider as the relevant account‑holder for the number associated with the entry that the entry is to be corrected; and
          (b)     correct the entry.
       10 Applications for removal of entries from the Do Not Call Register
 (1) A relevant account-holder, or nominee of a relevant account-holder, may apply to remove an entry for a number of the relevant account holder from the Do Not Call Register.
 (2) Subject to subsections (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7), an application by a relevant account-holder, or nominee of a relevant account-holder, to remove an entry on the Do Not Call Register may be made using the following application methods:
          (a)     by telephone; or
          (b)     via the internet; or
          (c)     by post; or
          (d)     by fax; or
          (e)     by e-mail; or
          (f)      in any other way approved by the ACMA and specified:
             (i)       on the ACMA's website; or
             (ii)     if the Do Not Call Register is kept by a contracted service provider – on the website of the contracted service provider.
 (3) Where an application is not a bulk application, and does not relate to a fax number, a relevant account-holder may only apply to remove an entry via the internet if the ACMA so approves such a method in respect of such applications and that approval is specified:
          (a)     on the ACMA's website; or
          (b)     if the Do Not Call Register is kept by a contracted service provider – on the website of the contracted service provider.
 (4) Where an application is not a bulk application, and relates to a fax number, a relevant account-holder may only apply to remove an entry by telephone or via the internet if the ACMA so approves such a method in respect of such