Scams Prevention Framework Act 2025 (Cth)

Scams Prevention Framework Act 2025

No. 15, 2025

An Act to provide a framework for preventing and responding to scams, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Amendments Part 1—Main amendments Competition and Consumer Act 2010 Part 2—Other amendments Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 Corporations Act 2001

Scams Prevention Framework Act 2025 No. 15, 2025

An Act to provide a framework for preventing and responding to scams, and for related purposes

[Assented to 20 February 2025]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title This Act is the Scams Prevention Framework Act 2025.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 21 February 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.