Competition and Consumer Act 2010
E377728
The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 is an Australian federal law that regulates competition, fair trading, and consumer protection, enforced primarily by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Competition and Consumer Act 2010 canonical | 5 |
| Australian Consumer Law | 2 |
| Schedule 2 – Australian Consumer Law | 1 |
| Trade Practices Act 1974 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3656284 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 Context triple: [National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009, relatedTo, Competition and Consumer Act 2010]
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A.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is Australia’s national competition and consumer protection regulator, responsible for enforcing laws that promote fair trading, competition, and consumer rights.
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B.
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
The National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 is an Australian federal law that regulates consumer credit and lending practices, establishing licensing, responsible lending obligations, and consumer protections overseen by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
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C.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 is the federal law that establishes and governs Australia’s corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator, defining its powers, functions and regulatory framework.
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D.
Robinson-Patman Act
The Robinson-Patman Act is a U.S. federal antitrust law enacted in 1936 that targets price discrimination by large sellers to protect small businesses and promote fair competition.
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E.
Corporations Act 2001
The Corporations Act 2001 is Australia’s primary federal law governing companies, financial markets, and corporate regulation, including the powers and responsibilities of key regulators.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 Target entity description: The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 is an Australian federal law that regulates competition, fair trading, and consumer protection, enforced primarily by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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A.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is Australia’s national competition and consumer protection regulator, responsible for enforcing laws that promote fair trading, competition, and consumer rights.
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B.
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
The National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 is an Australian federal law that regulates consumer credit and lending practices, establishing licensing, responsible lending obligations, and consumer protections overseen by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
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C.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 is the federal law that establishes and governs Australia’s corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator, defining its powers, functions and regulatory framework.
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D.
Robinson-Patman Act
The Robinson-Patman Act is a U.S. federal antitrust law enacted in 1936 that targets price discrimination by large sellers to protect small businesses and promote fair competition.
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E.
Corporations Act 2001
The Corporations Act 2001 is Australia’s primary federal law governing companies, financial markets, and corporate regulation, including the powers and responsibilities of key regulators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian federal statute
ⓘ
competition law ⓘ consumer protection law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ⓘ
Australian Securities and Investments Commission ⓘ |
| alsoEnforcedBy |
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ⓘ
Federal Court of Australia ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Australian businesses
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corporations ⓘ individuals engaged in trade or commerce ⓘ overseas conduct with Australian market effects ⓘ |
| commencementDate | 2011-01-01 ⓘ |
| containsPart |
Australian Consumer Law
ⓘ
linked to:
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
|
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of Australia ⓘ |
| formerName |
Trade Practices Act 1974
ⓘ
linked to:
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
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| hasPart |
Part IIIA – Access to services
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Part IV – Restrictive trade practices ⓘ Schedule 2 – Australian Consumer Law ⓘ
linked to:
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
|
| includesProvision |
access to services with natural monopoly characteristics
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authorisation and notification of conduct ⓘ civil penalties for contraventions ⓘ criminal offences for serious cartel conduct ⓘ industry codes of conduct ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalCitation | Cth ⓘ |
| primaryEnforcementBody | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure fair trading practices
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to promote competition in markets ⓘ to protect consumers ⓘ |
| region | Australia-wide ⓘ |
| regulates |
cartel conduct
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consumer guarantees ⓘ exclusive dealing ⓘ mergers and acquisitions ⓘ misuse of market power ⓘ product safety ⓘ resale price maintenance ⓘ unconscionable conduct ⓘ unfair contract terms ⓘ |
| replaced | Trade Practices Act 1974 ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 2010-12-15 ⓘ |
| scope |
competition law and policy
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consumer protection law ⓘ fair trading law ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ⓘ |
| yearOfAct | 2010 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 Description of subject: The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 is an Australian federal law that regulates competition, fair trading, and consumer protection, enforced primarily by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Competition and Consumer Act 2010
subject linked to:
The Australian Financial System
linked to: Competition and Consumer Act 2010
linked to: Competition and Consumer Act 2010
linked to: Competition and Consumer Act 2010