Competition and Consumer (Price Inquiry—Digital Platforms) Direction 2020 (Cth)

Competition and Consumer (Price Inquiry—Digital Platforms) Direction 2020

I, Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer, give the following direction to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Dated: 10 February 2020

Josh Frydenberg Treasurer

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions Part 2—Price inquiry into supply of digital platform services 5 Commission to hold an inquiry 6 Directions on matters to be taken into consideration in the inquiry 7 Directions as to holding of the inquiry 8 Period for completing the inquiry

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Competition and Consumer (Price Inquiry—Digital Platforms) Direction 2020.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument 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 instrument The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

3 Authority This instrument is made under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

4 Definitions Note: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003. In this instrument: Australian law means a law of the Commonwealth, a State, or a Territory (whether written or unwritten). data broker means a supplier who collects personal or other information on persons, and sells this information to, or shares this information with, others. digital content aggregation platform means an online system that collects information from disparate sources and presents it to consumers as a collated, curated product in which users may be able to customise or filter their aggregation, or to use a search function. digital platform services means any of the following: (a) internet search engine services (including general search services and specialised search services); (b) social media services; (c) online private messaging services (including text messaging; audio messaging and visual messaging); (d) digital content aggregation platform services; (e) media referral services provided in the course of providing one or more of the services mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d); (f) electronic marketplace services. electronic marketplace services means a service (including a website, internet portal, gateway, store or marketplace) that: (a) facilitates the supply of goods or services between suppliers and consumers; and (b) is delivered by means of electronic communication; and (c) is not solely a carriage service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997) or solely consisting of one of more of the following: (i) providing access to a payment system; (ii) processing payments. exempt supply has the meaning given by subsection 95A(1) of the Act. goods has the meaning given by subsection 95A(1) of the Act. inquiry has the meaning given by subsection 95A(1) of the Act. services has the meaning given by subsection 95A(1) of the Act. State or Territory authority has the meaning given by subsection 95A(1) of the Act. supply has the meaning given by subsection 95A(1) of the Act. the Act means the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.