Spam Regulations 2021 (Cth)

Spam Regulations 2021

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 18 March 2021

David Hurley Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Paul Fletcher Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Schedules 5 Definitions Part 2—Commercial electronic messages 6 Messages that are not commercial electronic messages Part 3—Rules about sending commercial electronic messages 7 Conditions for electronic address for receiving unsubscribe message Part 4—Application and transitional provisions 8 Electronic messages sent before, on or after 1 April 2021 Schedule 1—Repeals Spam Regulations 2004

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Spam Regulations 2021.

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 1 April 2021. 1 April 2021

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Spam Act 2003.

4 Schedules Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.