Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00823:section:305a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00823
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 305A
Character Range: 561320–562438

305A  Computerised decision‑making
 (1) The ACMA may arrange for the use, under the ACMA's control, of computer programs for any purposes for which the ACMA may, or must, under this Act or under a legislative instrument made under this Act:
 (a) make a decision; or
 (b) exercise any power or comply with any obligation; or
 (c) do anything else related to making a decision or exercising a power or complying with an obligation.
 (2) For the purposes of this Act and any legislative instrument made under this Act, the ACMA is taken to have:
 (a) made a decision; or
 (b) exercised a power or complied with an obligation; or
 (c) done something else related to the making of a decision or the exercise of a power or the compliance with an obligation;
that was made, exercised, complied with or done by the operation of a computer program under an arrangement made under subsection (1).
 (3) The ACMA must substitute a decision for a decision (the initial decision) made by the operation of a computer program under an arrangement under subsection (1) if the ACMA is satisfied that the initial decision is incorrect.