Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00614:section:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00614
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3
Character Range: 8309–9370

3  Simplified outline
  The following is a simplified outline of this Act:

         • This Act sets up a scheme for regulating commercial email and other types of commercial electronic messages.
         • Unsolicited commercial electronic messages must not be sent.
         • Commercial electronic messages must include information about the individual or organisation who authorised the sending of the message.
         • Commercial electronic messages must contain a functional unsubscribe facility.
         • Address‑harvesting software must not be supplied, acquired or used.
         • An electronic address list produced using address‑harvesting software must not be supplied, acquired or used.
         • The main remedies for breaches of this Act are civil penalties and injunctions.
Note: The Telecommunications Act 1997 contains additional provisions about commercial electronic messages. Those provisions include Part 6 (industry codes and standards), Part 26 (investigations), Part 27 (information‑gathering powers) and Part 28 (enforcement).